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Why do doctors shock the heart?
It's like a reset button; hopefully it will reset to the correct beating pattern.
Which part of the heart fails to work effectivly during cardiogenic shock?
Ventricles of your heart fail to work effectively in cardiogenic shock. Cardiogenic shock usually fallow the heart attack, also called as myocardial infarction.
Surgically placed device that directs an electrical current shock to the heart to restore rhythm?
Restoring the heart rhythm by using electrical shock is called defibrillation.
A machine that starts your heart rate again when it stopswhat is it called?
A defibrillator.
What do doctors use when they need to shock someone?
Electricity...
What is accomplished by externally placing paddles on the chest or internally by opening the chest and exposing the heart to the view of the surgeon with paddles being directly on the heart?
Paddles are used to deliver mild electric shocks, which can stimulate a heart into beating again after it has stopped 2nd Answer: Well . . . When a patient has a type of heart attack in which the heart is just quivering (fibrillating), the heart is shocked either directly with the defibrillator paddles on the heart if the chest is open, or on the bare skin of the chest if not. Keep in mind that the fibrillating heart is pumping little or no blood to the patient's body. The shock STOPS the heart. Doctors have found over the years that a heart stopped in this manner will quite often"reset" and start beating a normal LUB-dub beat the way it should. Sometimes the first shock does not stop the heart, and a second (or more) shocks are given at higher power. But the point is still to STOP the heart! If you watch TV doctors, you may see them 'shocking' a patient through clothing, or see them place the paddles on top of the chest on top of each nipple, or shock, and shock, and shock, and shock . . . like they are trying to stimulate the heart to start beating. ALL of these are not how it's done in real life! (Answerer is trained and certified in the use of an automatic defibrillator.)
What do defibrillator do?
A defibrillator is a machine commonly used by health care professionals (e.g. EMT, nurses, Doctors, etc.). This machine is used in order to shock a humans heart back into a regular rhythm. The way your heart works is that you have small nodes of cells called pacemakers sending electrical pulses to your cardiac muscles that tell your heart when to pump blood. When these electrical pulses stop, your heart stops beating. When this happens, a defibrillator is used to shock the heart muscles and the pacemakers back into action. If the heart stops beating (asystole), chemicals may be administered to "restart" the heart. A defibrillator is used when the heart is beating, but irregular (arrhythmia). The shock causes all of the cardiac muscle cells to contract at the same time. This usually corrects the irregular heart beat. The way this is achieved is by rubbing the two panels of the defibrillator together to create an adequate electrical current, then the doctor or fireman will shout "clear" so that no humans other than the patient are shocked (electrical current through the body) or electrocuted (killed by shocking).
What happens to heart you get an electric stock?
when you get an electric shock your muscles go into spasm and your heart goes faster in shock, when you get electricuted your heart stops
How is heart attack treated by doctors?
Additional treatment after a heart attack can include close monitoring, electric shock, drug therapy, re-vascularization procedures, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery.
What part of the heart fails to work during cardiac shock?
Cardiac muscle or heart muscle is the part of the heart that fails to work during cardiac shock.
Can you use an aed with a metal heart valve?
Yes. After first calling an ambulance, apply the suction pads and leads as directed. This allows the AED to monitor and record the heart action, and direct further if a shock is required. A shock will ONLY be delivered if the heart is in fibrilllation. If there is no pulse, CPR should be started until help arrives, regardless of if the AED tells you 'no shock required', this is because, as mentioned before, the AED is only effective in fibrillation.
Which type of the shock is results from any type of heart failure?
septic shock
