06.09.09

Defib

Posted in medicine at 8:33 pm by Twm

Good blend of medicine and computing. A footballer with a known heart condition suffers a heart attack (some sort of ventricular fibrillation/tachycardia). Luckily he has been fitted with a implantable cardioverter defibrillator which kicks in at 0:15.

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The defibrillator paces the heart as needed, delivering a shock which causes the heart to stop and hopefully restart with a normal rhythm.