Ventricular fibrillation is a common life-threatening and treatable dysrhythmia that occurs early in sudden cardiac death. The treatment for VF is immediate defibrillation using either an AED or manual defibrillator. The 2015 American Heart Association/International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation (AHA/ILCOR) guideline strongly recommend early initiation of continuous compressions and early defibrillation. The sooner VF is terminated by defibrillation, the more likely the patient will recover.

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Image courtesy of Jer5150. CC BY-SA 3.0. Ventricular fibrillation.