| rdfs:comment | - There are many types of defibrillators including:
* Automated external defibrillator (AED), also called a fully automated defibrillator, which performs all of the functions needed for defibrillation on an internal computer. The operator applies pads to the chest and side of a person suffering v-fib, assures that all people are clear from the patient and then usually pushes a button to deliver the shock when prompted by the system.
* Manual defibrillator, which requires the operator to assess the need for defibrillation, select an energy level, charge the machine and deliver the shock.
* Automatic implanted cardioverter defibrillator, which is surgically implanted into patients who are at risk for sudden cardiac death caused by arrhythmia and automatically detects and treats arr
- Defibrillation is the definitive treatment for the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart with a device called a defibrillator. This depolarizes a critical mass of the heart muscle, terminates the arrhythmia, and allows normal sinus rhythm to be reestablished by the body's natural pacemaker, in the sinoatrial node of the heart.
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| abstract | - There are many types of defibrillators including:
* Automated external defibrillator (AED), also called a fully automated defibrillator, which performs all of the functions needed for defibrillation on an internal computer. The operator applies pads to the chest and side of a person suffering v-fib, assures that all people are clear from the patient and then usually pushes a button to deliver the shock when prompted by the system.
* Manual defibrillator, which requires the operator to assess the need for defibrillation, select an energy level, charge the machine and deliver the shock.
* Automatic implanted cardioverter defibrillator, which is surgically implanted into patients who are at risk for sudden cardiac death caused by arrhythmia and automatically detects and treats arrhythmia.
- Defibrillation is the definitive treatment for the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the affected heart with a device called a defibrillator. This depolarizes a critical mass of the heart muscle, terminates the arrhythmia, and allows normal sinus rhythm to be reestablished by the body's natural pacemaker, in the sinoatrial node of the heart. Defibrillators can be external, transvenous, or implanted, depending on the type of device used. Some external units, known as automated external defibrillators (AEDs), automate the diagnosis of treatable rhythms, meaning that lay responders or bystanders are able to use them successfully with little, or in some cases no, training.
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