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pipeslast Saturday at 5:58 PM5 repliesview on HN

What are AEDs? Aspirin? Blood thinners? I'm from the UK, so probably a naming difference!


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5555624last Saturday at 6:21 PM

AED - Automated External Defibrillator. They're portable device defibrillator which can deliver an electric shock. As I understand it, it detects an abnormal heart rhythm and shocks the rhythm back to normal. Note that there are some situations where they will not work. (For example, Pulseless Electrical Activity or PEA is "non-shockable.")

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Eavolutionlast Saturday at 6:15 PM

AED: Automatic External Defibrillator, a defibrillator that doesn't need a trained operator

Aspirin: a blood thinner and painkiller

Blood thinners: given to people at risk of a heart attack to thin the blood and reduce the chance of blood flow being obstructed

khueylast Saturday at 6:57 PM

IIRC in the King's English:

aspirin = acetylsalicylic acid

blood thinners = anticoagulants

oncallthrowlast Saturday at 10:00 PM

They are called AEDs in the UK too