Defibrillation (Noun)
Meaning
Treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The patient quickly received defibrillation to restore a normal heartbeat after suffering a heart attack.
- In emergency situations, a portable defibrillator is often used for immediate defibrillation to save a person's life.
- Defibrillation is the most effective treatment for life-threatening ventricular fibrillation that occurs during cardiac arrest.
- The doctors applied defibrillation repeatedly, but unfortunately, the patient's heart continued to fibrillate uncontrollably.
- The emergency responders were trained to use an automated external defibrillator to provide immediate defibrillation to the patient in cardiac arrest.