electrical defibrillation

The treatment of choice for ventricular fibrillation (VF) is electrical defibrillation.

Rushed to Rhode Island Hospital, doctors tried to revive Patriarca with electrical defibrillation and the implanting of a cardiac pacemaker.

A patient may request, in an advanced directive, to prohibit certain responses, including intubation, chest compression, electrical defibrillation, or ACLS.