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What does defibrillation mean?

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Noun
  1. The stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.
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Traditionally, emergency medical personnel were the only ones who could administer defibrillation.
The group trained in CPR and defibrillation administered emergency treatment on 128 heart attack victims, and there were 30 survivors.
Some patients have asystole from the onset of arrest and are unsuitable for defibrillation by the ambulance crew or bystanders.
A defibrillation without a massage has very little chance of success confirms Louis Dorange.
Built-in computers analyze the person's heart rhythm and interpret the rhythms that require defibrillation shocks.
That will keep the body receptive to defibrillation when the emergency service arrives.

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