Brand Name: ZOLL Product Name: Powerheart G5 AED Model/Catalog Number: G5S-80C; Software Version: NA Product Description: The Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillator (AED) is designed for treating life-threatening heart beat irregularities, such as ventricular fibrillation, that cause Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). There are two models available fully automatic and semi-automatic. After the defibrillations pads are applied to the patient, the fully automatic model evaluates the heart rhythm and, if a shockable rhythm is detected, delivers a shock without any rescuer assistance. The semi-automatic model evaluates the heart rhythm and requires the rescuer to press the shock button if a shockable rhythm is detected. Both models have voice and text instructions that guide the rescuer through the entire defibrillation process. Note: Not all configurations described in this document are available in all areas.
FDA recall Z-1321-2025 — ZOLL Medical Corporation is recalling Brand Name: ZOLL Product Name: Powerheart G5 AED Model/Catalog Number: G5S-80C; Software Version: NA Product Description: The Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillator (AED) is designed for treating life-threatening heart beat irregularities, such as ventricular fibrillation, that cause Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). There are two models available fully automatic and semi-automatic. After the defibrillations pads are applied to the patient, the fully automatic model evaluates the heart rhythm and, if a shockable rhythm is detected, delivers a shock without any rescuer assistance. The semi-automatic model evaluates the heart rhythm and requires the rescuer to press the shock button if a shockable rhythm is detected. Both models have voice and text instructions that guide the rescuer through the entire defibrillation process. Note: Not all configurations described in this document are available in all areas. (Devices, Class II). The enforcement record is RECORDED; the classification is a DETERMINATION (FDA's regulatory verdict); the boundary is INTERPRETATION (a recall ≠ harm to a specific person). Source: openFDA. CC0.
openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports
FDA recall Z-1321-2025: ZOLL Medical Corporation is recalling Brand Name: ZOLL Product Name: Powerheart G5 AED Model/Catalog Number: G5S-80C; Software Version: NA Product Description: The Powerheart G5 automated external defibrillator (AED) is designed for treating life-threatening heart beat irregularities, such as ventricular fibrillation, that cause Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). There are two models available fully automatic and semi-automatic. After the defibrillations pads are applied to the patient, the fully automatic model evaluates the heart rhythm and, if a shockable rhythm is detected, delivers a shock without any rescuer assistance. The semi-automatic model evaluates the heart rhythm and requires the rescuer to press the shock button if a shockable rhythm is detected. Both models have voice and text instructions that guide the rescuer through the entire defibrillation process. Note: Not all configurations described in this document are available in all areas.
openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports — U.S. FDA
A RECORD of measured/reported events (occurred=true) from openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports — U.S. FDA; superseded when openFDA drug & device enforcement (recall) reports — U.S. FDA publishes its next release.
FDA classified recall Z-1321-2025 as Class II
The FDA assigned this recall Class II: Class II — the FDA judged the product may cause temporary or medically reversible harm, with a remote chance of serious harm.. This is the FDA's official risk classification — its regulatory DETERMINATION of the hazard category (a verdict constituted by the FDA's recognition, occurred=FALSE), adjudged=TRUE because the FDA issued it. It is NOT a measurement of harm to any specific person.
U.S. FDA recall classification (openFDA enforcement)
occurred=FALSE: a regulatory DETERMINATION (an authority's classification/judgment) has NO material truthmaker independent of recognition — it is constituted by U.S. FDA recall classification (openFDA enforcement)'s say-so (a Searle institutional fact), not measured. adjudged=TRUE because U.S. FDA recall classification (openFDA enforcement) (an external authority) issued it. Distinct from a recorded measurement (which has an independent truthmaker) and from a modeled figure (a computed quantity, not a verdict). Challengeable; superseded if the authority reclassifies.
A recall is a RECORDED FDA enforcement action — the FDA logged that a firm is removing or correcting a product, classed by the FDA's risk judgment. It does NOT establish that any specific unit is affected or caused harm; causation is not established. This record informs and compares — it is NOT medical advice and does not tell anyone to start or stop a drug or device. For a medical decision, route to the FDA recall record and a licensed pharmacist or prescriber.
Atlas Commons L5 boundary (enforcement-action ≠ harm causation)
a recorded enforcement action, not proof of harm or causation; not medical advice
occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.
Ongoing — the recall is still being carried out.
The potential for devices to fail their self-test as a result of prolonged exposure to extreme environments (temperature and/or humidity).
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