What Is an Automated External Defibrillator? An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating.
curl. 1  to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair. 2  to form into a spiral or curved shape; coil. 3  to adorn with, or as with, curls or ringlets. 4  to grow in or form curls or ringlets, as the hair. 5  to become curved or undulated. 6  to coil. 7  to play at the game of curling.
Curley /cur-ley/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Curley is  strong man. Related to Charles, via Anglo-Saxon ceorl, or churl.harted below is the birth name popularity of Curley for boys. Curley was first listed in 1890-1899 and reached its highest rank of #959 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (Top 1000 Birth Names Records, 2014).