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How is a defibrillator made to work?
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Defibrillator: Defibrillaor's function is to sense a life sensing rhythm and quickly deliver a life-saving shock. It contains a sensor (consisting of electronic filters/amplifiers). It also contains a 3v battery that is quickly charged upto 750 volts with help of a transformer in matter of 5-15 seconds. A high voltage capacitor stores the charge that is then delivered to the heart to shock the heart.
Answered 6/8/2013
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Like a pacemaker: It consists of a computer and pacing wire. It monitors heartbeat continuously and, if it detects a dangerous rhythm, it attempts to overdrive the rhythm by pacing. If it can't, it delivers a shock to resynchronize the heart's electrical activity.
Answered 7/6/2013
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