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The Forgotten History of the AED (Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation)

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Article published by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation on the history of the automated external defibrillator, consulted for its account of physicians Arch Diack and W. Stanley Welborn and engineer Robert Rullman developing the Heart-Aid device.

Facts
Publisher
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
URL
https://www.sca-aware.org/sca-news/the-forgotten-history-of-the-aed
Source Type
Reference Work
Reliability Tier
2
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The Forgotten History of the AED (Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation)
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
  • Article, as consulted
    Called the Heart-Aid, the device they developed became the precursor to the modern automated external defibrillator (AED).
  • Publisher field, self-described
    Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
  • Self-classified by this lane as a reference document
    reference
  • Self-assessed per family convention (1=primary/legal document, 2=general reference)
    2
  • Page address
    https://www.sca-aware.org/sca-news/the-forgotten-history-of-the-aed
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Claims Backed By This Source (7 claims)

This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Inventions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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