A53-year old woman collapses while gardening. she is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a pulse. a neighbor, who is an emergency medical technician, rushes to her with an aed. question: after the aed pads are attached to the victims bare chest, the aed detects a ventricular fibrillation what is the next step when using the aed?

The next step would be to follow the AED prompts.

An AED or Automated External Defibrillator refers to a lightweight, small apparatus, which evaluates an individual's heart rhythm and can determine the irregular heart rhythms, like VF (ventricular fibrillation) or VT (ventricular tachycardia), also called Sudden Cardiac Arrest.

Automated external defibrillators can assist in saving many lives at the time of sudden cardiac arrest. However, even after training, memorizing the steps to use an AED in the right manner can be tough.