Fooling Around with Automatic External Defibrillators

Time for some experiments with the HeartSine SAM350P Automatic External Defibrillator! It apparently is possible to trick an AED into discharging itself into a non-pacing (non-heart simulating) dummy load. EEVBlog already did a teardown (   • EEVblog #909 - Heart Defibrillator Teardown  ), so why repeat what has been done when we can fool around (safely). 0:00 Teaser 0:18 Intro 0:53 Test Circuit 1:40 The AED 2:30 Setting Up - First Tests 3:28 Shock No Shock 3:38 Impedance? 4:06 First Signs of Success 5:30 Success! 5:54 Software and Analysis 9:47 What Happened 10:53 Outro