Research proves that you don't need to be a physician or an emergency medical technician to use a defibrillator successfully. |
Two deaths occurred in patients with end-stage cardiomyopathy for whom defibrillator discharges failed to reverse the ventricular dysrhythmia. |
A defibrillator emits a series of electric shocks, these make sure the heart does not have erratic rhythms. |
It is impossible to give someone an electric shock with a defibrillator unless they really need it. |
The people using a defibrillator to restore normal heart rhythm in places like these usually have had no medical training. |
The medical team had a defibrillator with them and I was resuscitated within a few minutes. |