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Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7e
| Section 4. Resuscitative Procedures > |
Chapter 36. Defibrillation and Cardioversion
Sections: Purpose of Procedure, Patient Selection, Risks and Precautions, Equipment, Patient Positioning, Anesthesia and Procedural Monitoring, Step-by-Step Technique, Outcomes Assessment, Complications, Follow-Up, Acknowledgments, References.
Topics Discussed: defibrillator, automatic external; electric countershock.
Excerpt:"Defibrillation is the therapeutic use of electricity to depolarize
the myocardium and thus allow more coordinated contractions to occur.
The term defibrillation is usually applied to an
attempt to terminate a nonperfusing cardiac arrest rhythm [e.g.,
ventricular fibrillation (Vfib) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia
(Vtach)], allowing normal electrical activity to occur...."
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