Definition of "shockable" [shockable]

• Able to be shocked (adjective)
• Easily shocked (adjective)

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• "The research focused on "shockable" forms - ventricular fibrillation (unco-ordinated contraction of the heart) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (excessively fast heart rhythm that fails to produce a pulse)."
• "The researchers noted, however, that about 80 per cent of people who suffered cardiac arrest in public had a condition that was "shockable," compared with 36 per cent of those who arrested at home."
• "Also note that an AED will not shock the patient unless they have a "shockable" heart rythm (V-Fib or V-Tach)."