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QUESTION 33--In 1948, what new lifesaving equipment was introduced to the medical world?
Correct Incorrect the first defibrillation took place in an operating room in 1948. The patient, who was undergoing lung surgery, suddenly had his heart stop. The lead surgeon massaged the man's heart internally while operating room attendants jimmied a defibrillator from two copper wires hooked to an examination lamp at one end and to the man's heart at the other. No telling who was shocked more - the man's heart, or the staff when they saw that it actually worked.