• Question: How does a defibrillator work?

    Asked by 684heam33 to Pattie, Karl, Ivor, Fiona, Eoin on 1 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Eoin McEvoy

      Eoin McEvoy answered on 1 Mar 2018:

      A defibrillator sends an electric current across the heart, causing it to beat. It is used when the heart stops beating, or when normal electrical signalling goes wrong.

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