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defibrillation [dē‚fib·rə′lā·shən] (medicine) Stopping a local quivering of muscle fibers, especially of the heart. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Imagine yourself confronted with someone who needs to be intubated, who needs an IV line, who needs to be defibrillated all at once and get on the radio, alert the hospital, get orders, and all this at the same time controlling a crowd, perhaps. Studies show that if victims are defibrillated within a minute or two after arrest, more than 70 percent survive. Last month, a 70-year-old passenger aboard another Chicago-bound plane was successfully defibrillated by an American flight attendant while the plane was waiting to take off from North Carolina's Raleigh-Durham airport. |
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