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UK
/dɪfˌɪbɹɪlˈeɪʃən/
]
NOUN
- treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
How To Use defibrillation In A Sentence
- The question of whether incorrect paddle position is a cause of unsuccessful defibrillation of patients in ventricular fibrillation remains unanswered.
- The group trained in CPR and defibrillation administered emergency treatment on 128 heart attack victims, and there were 30 survivors.
- Frank postulated that if the problem lay outside hospital, ventricular defibrillation should be corrected where it occurred.
- Within two minutes of cardiac arrest, approximately two thirds of patients develop ventricular fibrillation, but the rhythm becomes increasingly refractory to defibrillation over time.
- Working with dedication and determination, they have developed new treatments and procedures, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation, clot -- dissolving medicines, angioplasty, and cardiac imaging devices, that have saved many lives. Proclamation On American Heart Month
- Defibrillation therapy delivers such a strong shock that you may feel as if you're being kicked in the chest by a horse.
- Defibrillation shocks stop the heart's waves and prevent new ones from occurring.
- Defibrillation Early defibrillation remains the most important determinant of survival in cardiac arrest victims.
- This goes up to around 17 per cent if the patient is given defibrillation within minutes of the arrest. The Sun
- Author illuminates the design and realization method of the defibrillation system on hardware and software.