Statute 450b 0505

'Automated external defibrillator' or 'defibrillator' means a medical device that: 1. Has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration; 2. Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia in a patient; 3. Is capable of determining, without intervention by the operator of the device, whether defibrillation should be performed on a patient; 4. Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed on a patient, automatically charges and requests delivery of an electrical impulse to the patient’s heart; and 5. Upon appropriate action by the operator of the device, delivers an appropriate electrical impulse to the patient’s heart. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1869)