What is ventricular fibulation,and any advice about it?

Ventricular Fibrillation





What is ventricular fibrillation?


The heart beats when electrical signals move through it. Ventricular fibrillation (ven-TRIK'u-ler fib';rih-LA'shun) (';V fib';) is a condition in which the heart's electrical activity becomes disordered. When this happens, the heart's lower (pumping) chambers contract in a rapid, unsynchronized way. (The ventricles ';flutter'; rather than beat.) The heart pumps little or no blood.





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Ventricular fibrillation is very serious. Collapse and sudden cardiac death will follow in minutes unless medical help is provided immediately. If treated in time, V fib and ventricular tachycardia (ven-TRIK'u-ler tak';eh-KAR'de-ah) (extremely rapid heartbeat) can be converted into normal rhythm. This requires shocking the heart with a device called a defibrillator (de-FIB'rih-la-tor).





Today one effective way to correct life-threatening rhythms is by using an electronic device called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. This device shocks the heart to normalize the heartbeat if the heart's own electrical signals become disordered.





My advice is NOT to have one if at all possible.What is ventricular fibulation,and any advice about it?
a true story ---


I'm an EEG tech, but many labs run a strip of EKG at the bottom.





I was running an EEG on a young lady for migraine headaches in an out-patient lab when suddenly she went into V-tach then out then in off and on for the 30 min. study. As I was cleaning her up (and sending for her doctor) I asked if she ever became dizzy - she said that she had forgotten to tell the doctor about these spells; that she had passed out in front of her class, and did I think she had a problem?





She had a pace-maker the next morning.





ADVICE FOR YOU - get a pacemeker/defib unit NOWWhat is ventricular fibulation,and any advice about it?
Ventricular fibulation is a very serious disorder of the heart, in which the electrical properties of the heart almost completely lose their natural rhythm. This causes the chambers of the heart to pump in an irregular and unsynchronized manner. The result of ventricular fibulations is that the heart essentially ';treads water'; and fails to pump any blood. The lower chambers of the heart also tend to beat quicker than normal, which exacerbates the problem since it is out of sync.
VF is when your heart goes into a very fast irregular rhythm, going so fast that it is virtually unable to pump any blood around. It makes you black out and if you are not defibrillated out of it you would die within a few minutes.


Bad news.
Ventricular Fibrillation is a very serious issue. You can die from it. How old is the patient that has this? I'm assuming that they have been put on certain medications (such as Amiodarone) for it? Maybe even an AICD (auto internal cardioverter defibrillator)? Make sure they are in the hands of a good cardiologist.
B.S.W