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.
Lutz definition, a jump in which the skater leaps from the back outer edge of one skate to make one full rotation in the air and lands on the back outer edge of the opposite skate. See more. Dictionary.com