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What heart conditions require a defibrillator?
Defibrillators work by shocking the heart so that it can resume beating at it’s normal pace when someone has fallen ill. There are a number of conditions that can cause the heart to beat to slowly, too fast or irregularly and that subsequently require a defibrillator.How do defibrillators work?Defibrillators work by scanning the heart to determine whether a shock needs to be delivered or not. Once electrode pads are placed on the chest, the defibrillator begins the scanning process and if you ar
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15th May 2022
What heart conditions require a defibrillator?
There are a range of defibrillators on the market, all of which are designed to save lives when someone falls ill. Defibrillators work by scanning the heart’s rhythm to determine whether a shock is needed and if so, will deliver one. This shock is designed to encourage the heart to resume beating at it’s natural pace.A number of factors can lead to somebody needing a defibrillator with the most common cause being that somebody has suffered a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Cardiac arrests are cause
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9th Mar 2021