WTF seriously

[WTFH]

Doesn't everyone carry a defibrilator in the glove compatment of their Aston Martin?
INKSPE etc.

Not a defib that is based on someone's imagination on how they work.
Also, using a defib to counteract digitalis is probably not a good idea.

[vetran]

It’s not just for home use, although The Wife^TM has used it on me before, as a demonstration to some friends as to how safe they are. The pads she used were out of date, so they were going in the bin anyway. It’s quite funny watching people’s faces when they think that you are putting yourself at serious risk, when in reality modern defibs are pretty much idiot proof. I suspect almost all the posters on here would be able to use one safely.

sure that was what she told you.

[Zigenare]

It’s not just for home use, although The Wife^TM has used it on me before, as a demonstration to some friends as to how safe they are. The pads she used were out of date, so they were going in the bin anyway. It’s quite funny watching people’s faces when they think that you are putting yourself at serious risk, when in reality modern defibs are pretty much idiot proof. I suspect almost all the posters on here would be able to use one safely.

Not a defib that is based on someone's imagination on how they work.
Also, using a defib to counteract digitalis is probably not a good idea.

Firstly Bond's heart had stopped. Secondly how does slapping defib pads to your testicles restart your heart?

[WTFH]

Firstly Bond's heart had stopped. Secondly how does slapping defib pads to your testicles restart your heart?

Firstly, defibrillation is to bring a heart from arrhythmia caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT) to a regular rhythm. In effect, it is rebooting the internal pacemaker in the heart when that pacemaker is not firing regularly. If the heart isn't pumping strongly, then CPR is more important than defib to keep the blood flowing to the brain.
In hospitals they will perform cardioversion and defibrillation using different levels of power (normally in the 100-350J range). This is in a controlled environment. Out in the field you use an AED or a PAD.

Secondly, if you have actually used (or been trained) on a defib, you will know that it talks you through the whole process. It will tell you how to remove the pads, how to attach them to the chest etc. The leads are fixed in the pads, and then have a single plug on the opposite end which goes into the defib.
And then comes the fun bit. The defib checks for a shockable rhythm. If the patient is not in VF or VT, then no shock is given.

AEDs and PADs are amazing devices. It's worth learning how to use one, and to do a first aid or ILS course.

[WTFH]

https://www.resus.org.uk/public-resource/defibrillation

(Not written by The Wife^TM but approved by her)

[Zigenare]

It’s not just for home use, although The Wife^TM has used it on me before, as a demonstration to some friends as to how safe they are. The pads she used were out of date, so they were going in the bin anyway. It’s quite funny watching people’s faces when they think that you are putting yourself at serious risk, when in reality modern defibs are pretty much idiot proof. I suspect almost all the posters on here would be able to use one safely.

Firstly, defibrillation is to bring a heart from arrhythmia caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT) to a regular rhythm. In effect, it is rebooting the internal pacemaker in the heart when that pacemaker is not firing regularly. If the heart isn't pumping strongly, then CPR is more important than defib to keep the blood flowing to the brain.
In hospitals they will perform cardioversion and defibrillation using different levels of power (normally in the 100-350J range). This is in a controlled environment. Out in the field you use an AED or a PAD.

Secondly, if you have actually used (or been trained) on a defib, you will know that it talks you through the whole process. It will tell you how to remove the pads, how to attach them to the chest etc. The leads are fixed in the pads, and then have a single plug on the opposite end which goes into the defib.
And then comes the fun bit. The defib checks for a shockable rhythm. If the patient is not in VF or VT, then no shock is given.

AEDs and PADs are amazing devices. It's worth learning how to use one, and to do a first aid or ILS course.

Evidently kills your sense of humour.

[vetran]

Evidently kills your sense of humour.

You expect to keep your sense of humour after the wife had linked you up to an electric shock toy?