TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Defibrillation and Cardioversion A1 - Ong, Marcus E. H. A1 - Lim, Swee Han A1 - Venkataraman, Anantharaman A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - Defibrillation is the therapeutic use of electricity to depolarize the myocardium so coordinated contractions can occur. The term defibrillation is usually applied to an attempt to terminate a nonperfusing rhythm (e.g., ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121502347 ER -