TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Defibrillation and Electrical Cardioversion A1 - Ong, Marcus E.H. A1 - Leong, Benjamin S.H. A1 - Ng, Yih Yng A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Thomas, Stephen H. PY - 2020 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e AB - Defibrillation is the therapeutic use of electricity in cardiac arrest to depolarize the entire myocardium to eliminate ventricular fibrillation or nonperfusing ventricular tachycardia so that coordinated contractions can resume. It should be performed in close coordination with CPR of the cardiac arrest patient. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166527829 ER -