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Old 10/23/2012, 07:51 am   #35
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Originally Posted by skepticalguy90 View Post
CPR is about 0% effective in the real world without a defibrillator.
Your statement is about 0% accurate.
Defibrillators do NOT have anything to do with CPR or "restarting a stopped heart". They can't do that. Defibrillators defibrillate; when the heart is fibrillating, you shock it to stop it so the body's internal pacemaker can 'start from scratch'. If the heart already stopped, stopping it some more won't do anything.

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