How do they work and for what purpose?
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They are used to literally shock a stopped heart into beating regularly again. The paddles are charged with electricity and applied to the chest to send a strong pulse to the heart. It is not only for stopped heart beats, it can correct too-rapid heart rates and also uneven beating.
Some internal devices handle this on a much smaller level, for folks whose hearts have a tendency to become irregualr often.
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