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Defibrillation explanation, it stops the heart rather than restarts it

April 6, 2026Keith Siau

Keith Siau shares a teaching pearl that defibrillation terminates malignant rhythms by stopping the heart, correcting a common misconception that shocks restart a stopped heart.

A defibrillator does not restart the heart but stops it.
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