Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Buying a Heart Start Machine.. (Heart Defibrillator)

Have you ever thought seriously about buying a heart start machine ordefibrillator for your home or your place of work? No .... then why not?

Many thousands of people all over the world are investing the small amount of money that it takes in the hope of saving the life of a friend, a colleague or a loved one - should the dreaded day befall them.

Until recently only doctors, hospitals and paramedics had access to a defibrillator and the knowledge needed to use one.

New advances have opened it up to anyone to use a defibrillator or heart start machine in an emergency. The newest machines are fully automated and genuinely idiot proof

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a small battery-powered electrical impulse generator which is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation. The device is programmed to detect cardiac arrhythmia and correct it by delivering a jolt of electricity. In current variants, the ability to revert ventricular fibrillation has been extended to include both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias as well as the ability to perform biventricular pacing in patients with congestive heart failure or bradycardia.