ELI5 Defibrillators - why AEDs at malls differ from those on TV?

Update: 2025-05-16

Description

What exactly is a defibrillator? Why is the analogy of jump starting a car incorrect? What’s happening in the heart when a shock is delivered? What is the AED and how do you spot one in public? What happens when you activate an AED? Who invented it?

... we explain like I'm five

Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: yllibjkrauss, only_sometimes_haiku,letsdothisepic, marmorset, smileylinzi and count2zero

To the community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Twitter:

https://www.twitter.com/eli5ThePodcast/

or send us an e-mail:

ELI5ThePodcast@gmail.com

Comments

In Channel

ELI5 Poker - which US president used poker to launch his election campaign?

2025-08-3107:06

ELI5 Washing Machines - more consequential than the internet?

2025-08-2207:05

ELI5 LiDAR - how it sees the world?

2025-08-1506:52

ELI5 Deck of Cards - why 52 playing cards and why so mysterious?

2025-08-0806:38

ELI5 Gout - what is it and why is the big toe a target?

2025-08-0108:21

ELI5 Rubiks Cubes - how do some people solve it in seconds?

2025-07-2507:03

ELI5 Toilets - why are public toilets tankless unlike those at home?

2025-07-1806:01

ELI5 Black Box Flight Recorders - what’s inside the orange mystery?

2025-07-1106:11

ELI5 Wine - which came first, wine or beer?

2025-07-0407:30

ELI5 Beer - why it was central to historical society?

2025-06-2706:28

ELI5 Creatine - what makes it so popular and does it really make you stronger?

2025-06-2007:54

ELI5 Induction Stoves - are they really faster than gas stoves?

2025-06-1306:22

ELI5 Muscle Knots - do muscles really get in knots and what causes them?

2025-06-0606:41