Why Do Doctors Hesitate To Increase Voltage While Applying Electroshock to the Heart?

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I guess I’m talking about defibrillation. Is it just the movies, or is it how defibrillation actually works in real life ?

I mean, you are trying to revive someone, trying to bring them back to life. What’s the worse thing that can happen ? Why do they start from low voltages and increase it slowly, and get more and more anxious and dramatic every time they say “Go up to 350” or whatever.

I mean, the person is already dead. What’s the risk ? Why do they act so hesitant ? What’s there to lose ?

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At what point does it stop becoming a life-saving effort and become a barbeque?

The currents needed are miniscule in comparison to what we can actually muster

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