Is this correct in E.R.?

Question:

I thought manual compression in CPR is primarily used to keep the heart in a shockable rhythm longer to allow the arrival of defibrillator. So why does tv shows such as E.R. show doctors performing manual compression after cardiac arrest when defibrillator is readily available? What is the actual procedure used by emergency room?

Answers:
The compressions in CPR are not to keep the heart in a shockable rhythm. The compressions are to keep the blood moving troughout your body to keep oxygen going to all of the organs and cells that make up the body. In an ER they use CPR to keep the blood moving. They shock patients with a shockable rhythm to stop the heart. They stop the heart with the shock in order for the heart to reset itself. Your heart contracts because of an electrical impulse. The rhythms of the heart are the measurement of these electrical impulses.

You watch too much television!

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