PACEMAKERS Demand pacemaker fires only when heart rate – drops below programmed minimum CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation, used in the – presence of cardiac arrest DEFIBRILLATION electrical shock to bring the heart – back to a normal rhythm. AED automated external defibrillator – Disorders of the Blood Vessels ANEURYSM ballooning of an artery, thinning and – weakening ARTERIOSCLEROSIS arterial walls thicken, lose – elasticity ATHEROSCLEROSIS deposits form on walls – of arteries EMBOLISM traveling blood clot –
PACEMAKERS Demand pacemaker – fires only when heart rate drops below programmed minimum CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation, used in the presence of cardiac arrest DEFIBRILLATION – electrical shock to bring the heart back to a normal rhythm. AED – automated external defibrillator Disorders of the Blood Vessels ANEURYSM – ballooning of an artery, thinning and weakening ARTERIOSCLEROSIS – arterial walls thicken, lose elasticity ATHEROSCLEROSIS – deposits form on walls of arteries EMBOLISM – traveling blood clot
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