If the abnormal fibrillating heart impulses are not terminated quickly by defibrillation, the casualty will die. Sudden Cardiac Arrest is fatal but reversible, with the best chance of survival being a shock from a defibrillator within the first five minutes after collapse.
Defibrillation reverses the cardiac arrest by sending an electrical current through the heart muscle cells, momentarily stopping the abnormal electrical energy and allowing the normal heart beat to resume.
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Defibrillation is the only therapy to treat someone in cardiac arrest. In a normal, healthy heart, electrical impulses trigger a coordinated sequence of muscle contractions that enable the heart to pump blood.
When the heart is in ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, the electrical signals that control the heart are scrambled. Therefore, the heart muscle is not contracting in an organized fashion. A defibrillation shock from an AED resets these scrambled signals and enables the heart to beat normally. After this depolarization, there is typically a brief period where the electrical signals in the heart pause before a normal heartbeat is reestablished.
This is what happens when a patient suffers cardiac arrest and is resuscitated with an AED:. Now that you know more about defibrillation, check out how AEDs work. Since defibrillation is the most effective treatment for VF cardiac arrest, the longer a patient has to wait for a defibrillation shock, the lower the chances of survival. Although cardiologists say that CPR can prolong the neurological viability of a patient in VF for as long as ten minutes using chest compressions, CPR alone cannot restore a normal rhythm and defibrillation is required to regain heart function.
Automated External Defibrillators AEDs are small, portable defibrillators designed mainly for out-of-hospital settings. The device, which was developed in , consists of computer circuitry, batteries, and capacitors that enable it to measure cardiac rhythm and deliver shock therapy to patients in cardiac arrest.
AEDs are often placed in public places such as malls, swimming pools, police cruisers, airplanes, and homes for use by both Emergency Medical Services EMS personnel and trained laypersons. Different AEDs have varying levels of capability. These range from pure shock-inducing AEDs, semi-automatic varieties, to fully automated systems that diagnose the heart rhythm and deliver the shock automatically if needed.
Commonly, the time-to-defibrillation is dependent on how quickly EMS personnel can get to the scene of an emergency and use their advanced equipment.
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