Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE40 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
CHAPTER450B. Emergency Medical Services |
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
NRS450B.0505. “Automated external defibrillator” and “defibrillator” defined.
Latest version.
- “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)