Act - the Automated External Defibrillator Act [410 ILCS 4
].
Automated External Defribillator (AED) - a medical device heart
monitor and defibrillator that:
Has received approval of its premarket notification, filed
pursuant to
21 USC
360(k), from the United
States Food and Drug Administration;
Is capable of recognizing the presence or absence of
ventricular fibrillation and rapid ventricular tachycardia, and is capable of
determining, without intervention by an operator, whether defibrillation should
be performed;
Upon determining that defibrillation should be performed,
either automatically charges and delivers an electrical impulse to an
individual, or charges and delivers an electrical impulse at the command of the
operator; and
In the case of a defibrillator that may be operated in either
an automatic or manual mode, is set to operate in the automatic mode. (Section
10 of the Act)
Defibrillation - administering an electrical impulse to an
individual in order to stop ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular
tachycardia. (Section 10 of the Act)
Department - the Department of Public Health. (Section 10 of
the Act)
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System or System - an
organization of hospitals, vehicle service providers and personnel approved by
the Department in a specific geographic area, which coordinates and provides
pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care and non-emergency medical
transports at a BLS, ILS and/or ALS level pursuant to a System Program Plan
submitted to and approved by the Department and pursuant to the EMS Regional
Plan adopted for the EMS Region in which the System is located. (Section
3.20 of
the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act)
Person - an individual, partnership, association, corporation,
limited liability company, or organized group of persons (whether incorporated
or not). (Section 10 of the Act)
Trained AED user - a person who has successfully completed a
course of instruction in accordance with the standards of a nationally
recognized organization such as the American Red Cross or the American Heart
Association or a course of instruction in accordance with this Part to use an
automated external defibrillator, or who is licensed to practice medicine in
all its branches in this State. (Section 10 of the Act)
