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Defibrillators - once used exclusively by doctors to restart failed hearts - are now commonly found in many public places and even some private homes, with the development of Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) which are simple for anyone to operate. 
 
However, a new study finds that up to one-fifth of them may be defective, according to the number of FDA advisories issued in the past ten years. 
 
Most defects had to do with electrical and software problems. 
 
While the number of lives saved far outweighs the failures, the researchers recommend a more reliable system to identify problem devices, and get them repaired quickly.

Recalls of Automated External Defibrillators Are Common

Newswise (press release) - 5/18/2006 5:16 PM

Data presented today at the Heart Rhythm Society’s 27th Annual Scientific Sessions finds that during a 10-year study period more than one in five automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) were recalled due to potential malfunction. The findings represent some of the first data available on safety and reliability of the devices, which are used to resuscitate victims of cardiac arrest.
 
“AEDs provide automated heart rhythm analysis, voice commands, and shock delivery and can be used by individuals with minimal training or experience,” explains the study’s lead author William H. Maisel, MD, MPH, director of the Pacemaker and Device Service at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “As a result, widespread installation of AEDs has occurred in recent years.” In fact, he adds, the annual number of the devices distributed between 1996 and 2005 increased almost 10-fold, from fewer than 20,000 to nearly 200,000
 
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