defibrillate

• Verbo que describe la acción médica de administrar una descarga eléctrica terapéutica al corazón para tratar arritmias cardíacas potencialmente mortales, generalmente mediante un desfibrilador.

A verb used to describe the medical procedure of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the heart to treat life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.

1. Restore normal heart rhythmC1formalmedical

   To stop fibrillation of the heart and restore normal contractions, typically by administering an electric shock.

   desfibrilar

   • The paramedics used a defibrillator to defibrillate the patient.
   • Doctors successfully defibrillated the heart after cardiac arrest.
   • It is critical to defibrillate as quickly as possible during a heart attack.