What rhythms are considered shockable by the AED?
Our defibrillators are designed to shock ventricular fibrillation (VF) and certain ventricular tachycardias associated with a lack of circulation, including ventricular flutter and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT.) Heartstream/HeartStart defibrillators use multiple parameters to determine if a rhythm is shockable. Note: For safety reasons, some very low amplitude or low frequency rhythms may not be interpreted as shockable VF rhythms. Also some VT rhythms may not be interpreted as shockable rhythms.
