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The primary treatment for ventricular fibrillation would be that the patient should be given CPR. CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is an emergency procedure given when the patient has no pulse and is breathing abnormally. Rescue Breathing should help the patient. We should maintain the patient's airway by administering a breath for every 5 seconds and this should not exceed 10 breaths per minute. If the patient does not respond to this treatment, secondary treatment should be administered.
The secondary treatment for ventricular fibrillation is that the patient should be given an external electrical defibrillation. A shock is administered to the heart. This helps to uniformally and at the same time remove the polarization of any critical matter of excitable myocardium. If a patient develops ventricular fibrillation during synchronized cardioversion with a monophasic defibrillator, pulselessness should be verified.