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How do doctors know how much to charge and shock you with when using a defibrillator?
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Several factors: Different rhythms tend to require different energies. Otherwise, it depends on defibrillator pad location, patient body habitus/size, and type of cardiomyopathy
Answered 9/28/2016
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