In which situation, do you not use an automatic external defibrillator (AED) on a victim?
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Correct answer
C. Where the victim has wet clothes or is lying in a puddle.
Explanation
In the photo, you can see an automatic external defibrillator (AED) with electrodes. You do not use an AED when the casualty has wet clothes or is lying in a puddle - answer C.
Water conducts electricity, so the shock could pass along the wet skin instead of through the heart, or it could give the rescuer an electric shock. Before using the defibrillator, you move the casualty to a dry place, dry the chest and remove wet clothing from the places where the electrodes are stuck. An AED is used precisely in cardiac arrest (answer A), and when the device advises a shock (discharge) (answer B), you deliver it after making sure that nobody is touching the casualty. The device analyses the heart rhythm itself and gives voice instructions, so anyone can use it.
Legal basis: Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code