defibrillate

• Verbo usado para descrever o procedimento médico de aplicar uma dose terapêutica de energia elétrica ao coração para tratar arritmias cardíacas potencialmente fatais.

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.