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Will an internal defibrillator keep on shocking the heart when the patient dies?

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It will try until ..: It will keep trying for a while until its battery is exhausted or until somebody programs it to stop.

Answered 2/8/2012

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No: Most defibrillators will stop after 10-15 shocks. Also, death occurs from asystole so a defibrillator would eventually sense that and try to pace but not shock.

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Answered 3/10/2015

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My father was unable to have open heart surgery yesterday his heart was too destroyed. They gave him a 40% chance to live, what does that mean? The say he needs a new heart or he will die, he is not on the transplant list and his defibrillator goes off da

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