Procedure

Automated External Defibrillator

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Automated External Defibrillator, AED

  • Technique
  • Pad position options (new in 2010 ACC Guidelines)
  1. Anterolateral - Sternal and apical (default)
  2. Anterior and Posterior
  3. Anterior and Left Infrascapular
  4. Anterior and Right Infrascapular
  • Efficacy
  • Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  1. Test Specificity for VF/VT: 99%
  2. Test Sensitivity for VF/VT: 81%
    1. Higher sensitivity in coarse VF (>200 mV amplitude)
    2. Sensitivity related to operator error
      1. Moving of patient during rhythm analysis
      2. Prematuring halting rhythm analysis
  3. References
    1. McDonald (2001) Ann Emerg Med 38:262-7 [PubMed]