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Various Forms and Uses of a DefibrillatorIn the field of medicine, a defibrillator plays a very essential role. When heartbeat becomes dangerously fast and chaotic due to ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia, defibrillators deliver an electrical shock to the heart to restore a normal heart rhythm. Using it helps prevent cardiac arrest and cardiac death from happening. Patients with cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, QT syndrome or survivors of sudden cardiac death require defibrillation.
Defibrillation is the ultimate treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. To deliver a therapeutic jolt of electrical energy to the affected heart, a defibrillator is used. Such treatment restores normal heart rhythms before cardiac arrest occurs. It works by depolarizing a critical mass of the heart muscle, stopping the arrhythmia, and reestablishing normal sinus rhythm.
Defibrillators have several forms and sizes. Manual defibrillators or defibrillator paddles are what you see in a clinical setting such as the hospital. They can only be used by trained and skilled healthcare professionals. Automatic external defibrillators or AED can be used by lay people with only less training, which makes it perfect for emergency instances where no healthcare professional is present. ICDs or implantable cardioverter defibrillators are implanted in the patients chest.
There are both internal and external manual defibrillators. The clinician diagnoses a cardiac condition through external units that work in conjunction with electrocardiogram readers. After the diagnosis, the clinician then decides on the charge in joules to deliver to the patients chest, and sends the shock through pads or paddles. Medical knowledge and experience is needed to perform this treatment, thus they are only generally found in hospitals and some ambulances.
Similar to the external version are manual internal defibrillators. However, for these units, the charge is sent by internal leads in direct contact to the heart. When the heart is experiencing an abnormal rhythm, the leads detect it and deliver the required electrical shock. Typically, you can see these units in operating theatres where the chest is likely to be open.
Automated external defibrillators are available for emergency purposes. They are preprogrammed units using computer technology that are designed to analyze the heart rhythm and advise whether a shock is required. Lay persons can operate AEDs with minimal training. They are either PADs or public access defibrillators and can be found in corporate or government offices, hotels, airports and shopping centers. Or, they could be held by skilled personnel who will attend incidents.
Implantable cardio-verter defibrillators or ICDs are another type. They are implanted in the patients chest, and could function similarly to pacemaking. ICDs continuously observe and monitor the patients heart rhythm, and if necessary, also correct an irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) depending on the devices programming. A pacemaker can also be used in conjunction with an ICD to treat complex arrhythmias.
Those are some of the various forms and uses of a defibrillator. Although they vary in shapes and sizes, all of them aim to convert an unhealthy cardiac rhythm into a more standard rhythm. It plays a significant role in saving lives of people, whether the unit is automated or manual, internal or external, or used by medical professionals or lay men.
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