Do defibrillators work?

Yes : All the time. Between the defibrillator & the rest of the medical team, we saved 3 lives in 1 week at my hospital & 2 of these occurred outside the hospital.

Oh yes: Defibrillators are extraordinarily effective devices for the treatment of what would otherwise be fatal lower chamber heart rhythms. That said, they must be used in an extremely timely fashion or their benefits will not prevent irreversible damage from the lack of blood flow seen in these dangerous rhythms.