Which one of the following statements about the AED and its use in the treatment of cardiac arrest is true?
A) "AEDs have simplified the treatment of cardiac arrest to the point where the EMT does not have to be worried about inappropriately shocking a patient."
B) "Research has shown that the first shock delivered by an AED is often faster than the first shock delivered by a manual defibrillator."
C) "To use an AED, the EMT must be able to identify some basic cardiac arrest heart rhythms so that he or she can tell the AED to shock or not shock the patient."
D) "The AED is advantageous in that it will determine if a patient is in cardiac arrest and whether or not to shock."
B
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