Target Audience
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of individuals in nursing.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the learner will be better able to:
- Describe the importance of rapid defibrillation in ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
- Outline the principles involved in the termination of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia with defibrillation.
- Summarize the technique of cardiac defibrillation in a patient experiencing sudden cardiac arrest secondary to ventricular dysrhythmia.
- Explain the importance of the interprofessional team to ensure the appropriate selection of candidates for rapid defibrillation and the role of teaching early defibrillation as part of out-of-hospital resuscitation.
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- Authors: Amandeep Goyal, Lovely Chhabra
- Editors: Jeffrey S. Cooper
- Editors-In-Chief: Cynthia CarrollCatherine A. MacDonaldMaureen Hunter
Chief Medical Reviewer: Intisar Ahmed - Nurse Planner/Reviewer: Sandra Coleman
- Pharmacy Planner/Reviewer: Mark V. Pellegrini
- Physician Planner/Reviewer: Scott C. Dulebohn
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- Name: 'Defibrillation and pacer pads adult and pediatric.png' Attribution: Contributed by Tammy J. Toney-Butler, RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN
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- Name: 'double defibrillation.png' Attribution: Image courtesy Dr Chaigasame