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2. Defibrillation - Wikipedia

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   In Australia up until the 1990s it was relatively rare for ambulances to carry defibrillators. This changed in 1990 after Australian media mogul Kerry Packer had a cardiac arrest due to a heart attack and, purely by chance, the ambulance that responded to the call carried a defibrillator.

3. Automated external defibrillator - Wikipedia

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   An automated external defibrillator or automatic electronic defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, [1] and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to re ...

4. St John Ambulance (New South Wales) - Wikipedia

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   The "St John Australian First Aid Manual" is widely distributed and is edited by a clinical board yearly to align with the most current evidence available. St John Ambulance Australia has created and operates an Automated External Defibrillators (AED) register.

5. History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Wikipedia

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   Lown devised a defibrillator that utilized direct current instead of alternating current. [56] A capacitor stored the energy until it was released in one massive jolt to the chest wall. The availability of new, small capacitors considerably reduced the size and weight of external defibrillators, which could now be easily brought to victims in a ...

6. St John Ambulance Australia - Wikipedia

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   St John Ambulance Australia (also known as St John) (SJAA) is a charitable organisation, dedicated to helping people in sickness, distress, suffering or danger. It is part of an international organisation that consists of eight priories that form the Order of St John .

7. “They’re Not Dead Until They’re Warm”: 30 ... - AOL

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   A defibrillator actually stops your heart. It’s up to your body to restart things correctly. ... (He was Australian because of course he was.) Fecal transplants have been known to cure Crohn’s ...