defibrillator
an agent or device for arresting fibrillation of the atrial or ventricular muscles of the heart.
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How to use defibrillator in a sentence
This analysis suggests that even without medical personnel on the race crew, having a defibrillator is sufficient to dramatically lower the risk of death.
For the first time in a long time, the city was this year able to buy new defibrillators for the volunteer rescue squad, at $175,000 a pop.
As Wildfires Burn, Are U.S. Cities Spending Too Much on Their Fire Departments? | Alana Semuels | September 14, 2021 | TimeIt supported exit-row lighting and the presence of health and safety resources onboard, such as defibrillators.
Flight attendants’ roles have changed, but the stereotypes have not | Liza Weisstuch | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostEMTs shocked my heart with a defibrillator four times between that memory and when I woke up in the operating room.
Food was my life — until a heart attack at 41 almost killed me | Rob Petrone | March 3, 2021 | Washington PostWhen an ambulance arrived, the crew used a defibrillator to shock the patient’s heart, and then delivered an injection of lidocaine.
Bernard Lown, physician who rallied doctors against nuclear war, dies at 99 | Emily Langer | February 18, 2021 | Washington Post
“News is the ultimate defibrillator for an organization,” says ABC News President Ben Sherwood.
British Dictionary definitions for defibrillator
/ (dɪˈfaɪbrɪˌleɪtə, -ˈfɪb-) /
med an apparatus for stopping fibrillation of the heart by application of an electric current to the chest wall or directly to the heart
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