He Qing, Wan Zhi
Emergency Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2007 Jul;37(3):161-4.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is one of the most effective methods in rescuing those in critical situations. In recent decades, electric cardiac defibrillation has made the biggest advance in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It has been found that the rate of successful resuscitation with electric defibrillation is much higher than by bare-handed or drug resuscitations by which more lives have been saved, has become the most essential and most important means of first aid. The history of the development of electric defibrillation is a successful modality of multidisciplinary cooperation of physicians, biologists, physiologists, and engineers. Although "early defibrillation" has been recognized as an idea of standard therapy and a basic measure of life support by international organizations as American Heart Association, it is far from being perfect and has a long way to go. A review of the history may help to bring the technique of electric defibrillation into perfection, and to save more lives in the future.
心肺复苏术是抢救危急患者最有效的方法之一。近几十年来，心脏电除颤在心肺复苏领域取得了最大进展。现已发现，电除颤的成功复苏率远高于徒手复苏或药物复苏，挽救了更多生命，已成为最基本、最重要的急救手段。心脏电除颤的发展历程是医生、生物学家、生理学家和工程师多学科合作的成功典范。尽管“早期除颤”已被国际组织如美国心脏协会视为标准治疗理念和生命支持的基本措施，但它远非完美，仍有很长的路要走。回顾这段历史可能有助于完善心脏电除颤技术，并在未来挽救更多生命。
