The Defibrillator thing is very misleading. Yes, a Defibrillator alone cannot restart a heart. You need to do CPR and if you can combine it with a Defibrillator (operated by a doctor or an AED) you actually have a chance of reviving someone (obviously there is no 100% success rate and the person needs to be “freshly” dead).
Well but a defibulator isn’t used to restart a stopped heart. You only shock for Vtac or Vfib. When in doubt, turn it on, put the pads on and the machine will say ‘shock suggested’. If not just do CPR.
The movies usually show an asystole being defibrillated and that is not done. To the best of my very limited medical knowledge you first need to use CPR and medication to get some electric activity from the heart to defibrillate.
The Defibrillator thing is very misleading. Yes, a Defibrillator alone cannot restart a heart. You need to do CPR and if you can combine it with a Defibrillator (operated by a doctor or an AED) you actually have a chance of reviving someone (obviously there is no 100% success rate and the person needs to be “freshly” dead).
Well but a defibulator isn’t used to restart a stopped heart. You only shock for Vtac or Vfib. When in doubt, turn it on, put the pads on and the machine will say ‘shock suggested’. If not just do CPR.
The movies usually show an asystole being defibrillated and that is not done. To the best of my very limited medical knowledge you first need to use CPR and medication to get some electric activity from the heart to defibrillate.