During a CPR class, a participant asks about the difference between cardioversion and defibrillation. What would be the instructors best response?

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One major difference between cardioversion and defibrillation is the timing of the delivery of electrical current. In cardioversion, the delivery of the electrical current is synchronized with the patients electrical events; in defibrillation, the delivery of the current is immediate and unsynchronized. Both can be done on beating heart (i.e., in a dysrhythmia). Cardioversion is not necessarily attempted first.

During a CPR Class, a Participant Asks About the Difference