Originally Posted by
herman the crab
No!
The the idea of a defibrillator is to stun the heart from an electrical rhythm that is not allowing the heart to contract rhythmically to pump blood, in the hope the heart will restore its normal pumping function. A person with a heartbeat does not need defibrillating. (Excepting in hospital treatment used to correct rythmn errors).
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There are plenty of first responders, paramedics, EMT, nurses, doctors, etc. that can make the decision to defribrilate based on experience, training and the incident. The public access automatic defibrillators are designed to remove that despise on making away from the user so that anyone who can follow simple instructions can use them.
HTC
And here I was, thinking you are a real paramedic. You don't shock if there is no heart activity at all (flatline). Just VFib and VTach.