Perform cardioversion or defibrillation on the patient

Cardioversion is a procedure that can restore a fast or irregular heartbeat to a normal rhythm. Defibrillation is a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to an affected heart with a defibrillator.

1. (If you have not done so already) Do the following.

   1. Add a new incident, or open an existing incident, as described in Add or edit an incident.

      By default, the Response tab and Incident Information sub-tab are selected.

   2. Click the Events tab, and then click the Treatments sub-tab.

      The Treatments and Supplies sub-tabs appear. The Treatments sub-tab is selected by default, displaying a list of possible treatments.

2. Click Cardioversion / Defibrillation.

   Fields for gathering information related to the treatment appear on the left side of the interface.

   

3. Under Cardioversion / Defibrillation, enter data as described in Understand the interface and data entry in it.

   Field	Information needed
   Time	The time the treatment was administered to the patient. By default, this value is populated with the computer's system time when you selected this treatment option.
   Type	An indication of whether a cardioversion or defibrillation treatment was performed on the patient.
   Energy	The number of Joules delivered by the medical device during the treatment.
   Performed By	The person who performed the treatment.
   Prior To Arrival	Indicate whether or not actions were performed on the patient before you arrived on the scene.

4. Click Submit to save the treatment information you entered.

   The Treatments tab reappears.