defibrillator
noun
de·fi·bril·la·tor
(ˌ)dē-ˈfi-brə-ˌlā-tər 
: an electronic device that applies an electric shock to restore the rhythm of a fibrillating heart
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The outlet reported that by the time Phil Davis, Oxford Little League's president, returned back with a defibrillator, the duo had already revived him.
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Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
Here are this morning's top headlines so far: Making life-saving equipment more accessible: A new bill aimed at changing the language of a 24-year-old law seen as an obstacle to making automatic external defibrillators more accessible is currently making its way through the Kentucky statehouse.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
After his cardiac arrest, J.J. got a pacemaker that is also a defibrillator, to spare future close calls.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
Patients also can get procedures such as the implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as cardiac ablation treatments to reduce arrhythmia episodes.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
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Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
Here are this morning's top headlines so far: Making life-saving equipment more accessible: A new bill aimed at changing the language of a 24-year-old law seen as an obstacle to making automatic external defibrillators more accessible is currently making its way through the Kentucky statehouse.
—Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2024
After his cardiac arrest, J.J. got a pacemaker that is also a defibrillator, to spare future close calls.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
Patients also can get procedures such as the implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as cardiac ablation treatments to reduce arrhythmia episodes.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2024
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defibrillator
noun
de·fi·bril·la·tor
(ˈ)dē-ˈfib-rə-ˌlāt-ər
-ˈfīb-
-ˈfīb-
: an electronic device used to defibrillate a heart by applying an electric shock to it
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