Trying to save the patient's life and u see the doctors using some kinda paddles i believe. They usually say "123 Clear Charging". What exactly are they doing when they do that, does that really saves a person life?
2007-01-06 13:41:34 · 9 answers · asked by LaLa 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
the thing that saves the life is called the Grace of God.
the device they use is called a defibrillator. and my be referred to as a crash cart.
this device is rather simple in its function.you see the muscles in our body work with electrical energy just like a light bulb or a battery powered toy.
when a electrical current is passed to a muscle it contracts. gets tighter . then the current passes on and the muscle relaxes.
this goes on with all of the muscles in our body .
the heart is one muscle a very important one.
the defibrillator is sort of like a car battery or more like a high priced battery charger. the amount of electrical energy the users wants can be set by simply turning dials. the two paddles are pretty much just a positive and negative wire. like the ones used to boost your cars battery. or anything that uses electrical energy to run
the doctor uses the device to when he or she sees that the persons heart has stopped beating, or in some other cases started to beat in a way that will fail if not changed.
lets say in this case the doctor uses it to treat a hear that stopped . that person is dead. but wait we know that the heart is a muscle and that it runs on electrical energy. so doctors have learned that when a persons heart has stopped they can use this to restart the heart. the doctor will ask the nurse to set the dials at the lowest end of the power scale. this is because two much power burns and causes damage. . so she sets the dails and presses a button this charges the battery with just the amount of energy the doctor wants . he then says clear. that means get out of contact with the body of the person and the streacher he is laying on. this is so they dont get the shock too.
he then puts the two paddles down on the person over the heart and this results in a short circuit. just the same as if you were to take to wires positive and negative that were hooked to a power sorce like a battery you would see a spark.
the idea is the electrial charge will cause the heart to contract and then after the charge is gone expand. just as it does when the heart is working right. you see sometimes there is still enough energy left in the body that when the heart gets this boost and contracts the bodies energy will then manage to keep it going again. some times the doctor has to have the dails re set to get more energy and charges the device up again and shocks the persons heart again. this is done sometimes many times. sometimes a slightly different device is used to send little chages to the heart all the time this is called a pace maker.
and a person may wear this and walk about .
in the case of heart stoppage the doctor may also inject directly into the heart some adrenalin . that is what we have that makes us run fast . this also helps the heart to restart.
the defibulator does not save lives it does provide a electrial shock to the heart . the lord then desides if the persons heart should beat again or not.
2007-01-06 14:18:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defibrillating is usually the last chance at saving someone's life who is in cardiac arrest. It is usually reserved for patients who do not respond to cardiac medications given IV. They do say 123 Clear Charging when they are applying the paddles with the electric current running through it. It is the electric shock that causes the body to jump at that time. The hope is that the shock will startle the heart into contracting and hopefully go back into what is called a sinus rhythm, or normal cardiac rhythm of heartbeats. When the doctor applies the paddles, he warns everyone to clear, because otherwise the shock could penetrate another person's heart and possibly stop their heart. It is very complicated, and can be effective in many cases. If it is not effective, they will increase the voltage and try it again. IF after 3 times, it is still not effective and the person still does not have a heart rhythm on his own, they may stop the code.
2007-01-06 13:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by dbarnes3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apparatus being used is called a "Defibrilator". It s used to administer an electric shock to a patient whose heart has stopped beating. The reason the person using the paddles calls out "Hands clear, head clear, feet clear, all clear" is to prevent the other medical staff in attendance from coming into contact with either the patient or the surrounding equipment when the electrical current come on, thus preventing any accidental electocutions.
2007-01-06 14:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The patients heart has stopped normally due to an arrhythmia and the used the electrically charged paddles in an attempt to shock the heart into restarting. And yes it does save lives but not every time.
2007-01-06 13:53:19 · answer #4 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to stand back because the paddles administer an electric shock. This would shock anyone touching the patient also.
2007-01-06 13:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by redwidow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I am an expert, but many years ago we used to give charcoal mixture and tablets to people who had what is now called irritable bowel syndrome. A lot of people who were suffering pain in the gullet caused by excess gas were given charcoal to alleviate flatulence. I think though it is more likely the person was suffering from an overdose of some kind and the charcoal is used to help absorb the toxins. I guess much like the charcoal that you can buy to put in your fridge which absorbs bad odours. Hope this helps..
2016-05-23 01:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a heart defibrillator or "defib". It sends a high powered shock to the heart in an effort to stop a heart from beating erratically or to cause a heart to start beating if it has stopped beating completely.
Some people have much smaller electric devices implanted in their chests (known as pacemakers) which send regular electric pulses to their hearts so that their hearts beat regularly.
2007-01-06 13:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by Kilroy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a heart defibrillator. It sends an electrical shock to jump start the heart. They don't really do this on the show. In reality, yes it does actually most of the time.
2007-01-06 13:47:12 · answer #8 · answered by margarita 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are shocking the heart to start beating again, and it works if you are meant to live.
2007-01-06 13:46:27 · answer #9 · answered by garfield 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋