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3 days ago · Defibrillation is applied to certain arrhythmias such as ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation cannot be applied to asystole, and CPR must be initiated first in this case. Moreover, defibrillation is different than synchronized cardioversion.
6 days ago · The objective is to delay tissue death and to extend the brief window of opportunity for a successful resuscitation without permanent brain damage. Administration of an electric shock to the subject's heart, termed defibrillation, is usually needed to restore a viable, or "perfusing", heart rhythm.
3 days ago · Treatment for cardiac arrest is immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and, if a shockable rhythm is present, defibrillation. [57] Among those who survive targeted temperature management may improve outcomes. [58] An implantable cardiac defibrillator may be placed to reduce the chance of death from recurrence. [56]
4 days ago · Ventricular fibrillation treatment starts with early and effective CPR with the application of oxygen and monitor/defibrillator placement. Keeping the brain, heart, and other vital organs perfused is very important in an arrest.
4 days ago · Ventricular tachycardia (v-tach) typically responds well to defibrillation. This rhythm usually appears on the monitor as a wide, regular, and very rapid rhythm. Ventricular tachycardia is a poorly perfusing rhythm; patients may present with or without a pulse.
4 days ago · For example, the health care providers should be prepared to immediately defibrillate a cardiac arrest victim in asystole or PEA who converts into VF or pulseless VT during a rhythm check. The following describes the management of the cardiac arrest victim according to rhythm.
3 days ago · COMPANION: study design. The primary composite endpoint of COMPANION was all-cause death and all-cause hospitalization (except elective admissions for CRT to CRT-D, including treatment for decompensated heart failure with vasoactive drugs for a period of > 4 hours in an urgent-care setting).
