EE Herald -- Rice University and Texas Heart Institute(THI) in collaboration have developed unique pad system for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for giving immediate second chances to arrhythmia victims headed toward cardiac arrest. This system can shock a victim’s heart back into a proper rhythm in an emergency. Often, the first shock doesn’t reset a heart and the procedure must be repeated, but the sticky pads on the chest must first be repositioned. The pads need to be in the right location to send current through the heart, and someone with no experience who tries to provide aid might miss the first time.
