When you are having some kind of cardiac arrest, there are things that a doctor or paramedic can do to help the situation and try to save your life. When you are with someone whose heart has stopped, you want to do whatever is in your power to take care of them and the situation by making sure that their heart starts pumping again.
Defibrillators are products that are manufactured by certain companies to help shock the heart enough to make the heart start pumping again. There are quite a few different types of Defibrillators that have been made over the years that are used for many different things. The first type is what is called a Manual external defibrillator. This MED is usually used by a paramedic or physician in an emergency situation where the person needs a shock to the heart in order to get the heart of the person to start pumping blood again. This MED has a monitor as well as paddles that the doctor or paramedic can use. While using this MED, the physician will choose the exact amount of joults that the person needs to receive based on what type of situation their body and heart are in.
The next type of defibrillator is what is called the AED or the Automated External Defibrillator. These are the newest types of defibrillators that have a computer system inside the monitor and it recognizes the rhythm of the heart and sends some types of electric shocks based on what the heart is supposed to be beating at. This is the most highly advanced external defibrillator that they have out on the market right now. This is supposed to be able to regulate how much the heart is beating compared with how much it should be beating and help the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body faster. In an emergency, this AED is used anytime that someone goes into cardiac arrest. If their heart stops beating, the paramedic will use some sort of an AED which will analyze the person's lack of heart beat and will give the person a shock to help their heart to continue to pump blood to both the body and the brain. If the brain begins to shut down, then the hope of getting the person back up to full capacity will begin to dwindle quickly. Understanding your situation with the defibrillator can be one of the best things that you can do to help both yourself and anyone else that may be involved.
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