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Defibrillator: History, Present, and Future

Ventricular fibrillation is a life-threatening condition that needs urgent medical attention.

It causes a person to collapse in seconds and possibly leads to sudden cardiac death. Some devices can restore a normal heart rhythm and prevent sudden cardiac death in people at risk of ventricular fibrillation. These are the defibrillators, intended to save lives.

A brief history In 1930, Electrical Engineer William Kouwenhoven invented the external defibrillator. When William was a student at Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering, he investigated the relationship between electric shocks and their effects on the human heart. In 1965, the “Father of Emergency Medicine, Prof Frank Pantridge, invented the world’s first portable defibrillator. Together with senior house officer John Geddes and technician Alfred Mawhinney, using car batteries for the new. In

January 1966, he mounted it in an ambulance and used it for the first time.

Our present time Defibrillators are machines that deliver an electric pulse or shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat. They’re used to avoid or treat arrhythmias, which are irregular heartbeats that are either too slow or too fast. If the heart unexpectedly stops beating, defibrillators will help restart it. In 2015, Murray Seaton, 62, suffered a severe cardiac arrest on his way to work at Ikea UK.

Fortunately, two coworkers jumped to Murray’s rescue and took one of the store’s defibrillators, shocking him four times and saving his life!

It is commendable that a company like Ikea UK emphasizes the value of keeping a defibrillator on hand in the workplace. How about the future? In a technology-driven era, the number of devices we discard each year will continue to rise. A defibrillator has an eight-year life expectancy.

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