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Abstract

An automatic external defibrillator (AED) includes a device for scaling the stored energy communicated to the patient responsive to a known patient weight. An electrode set, for use with an automatic external defibrillator (AED), the AED includes a plurality of electrodes for making electrical contact with a skin surface of a patient. Each electrode of the plurality of electrodes is electrically connectable to a electrical connector for communicating a stored energy to a patient. The electrodes system further includes a device for scaling the stored energy communicated to the patient responsive to a known patient weight. A method of defibrillating the heart of a human patient using an AED includes the steps of: adherably placing at least two electrodes on the skin surface of the patient, the electrodes being spaced apart to define a desired energy path therebetween; scaling the dischargeable defibrillating energy responsive to a known patient body weight; and discharging defibrillating energy across the energy path, the discharge generating an energy vector, the vector being passable through the heart of the patient.

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