Can Defibrillators Start a Heart? Posted: 11-28-05 02:14am
Are defibrillators only good when the
patient has a irregular heart beat or can
it actuall start a stopped heart?
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Amber28
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 75 Location: Australia
Posted: 02-15-06 06:51am
Defribrillators work by sending an
electrical shock to the heart via the pads
to re-commence a heart beat and heart
rate. They do work alongside with drugs
like adrenaline which stimulates the
heart. They can and do re-commence the
pumping action of a heart and can also
cause the heart to stop if thye are used
on a person whos heart is already beating.
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Just_Shoot_Me
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Nov 2005 Posts: 26 Location: Ontario
Posted: 02-21-06 12:16pm
A paramedic came into my career class back
when I was in gr 10. And he said most of
the time, the defib's just kill the
patient, but it's just sort of a last
resort, because they are will die anyways
