While teaching a CPR class, a student in the class asks what the difference is between cardioversion and defibrillation. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "Cardioversion is done on a beating heart; defibrillation is not."
B) "The difference is the timing of the delivery of the electric current."
C) "Defibrillation is synchronized with the electrical activity of the heart; cardioversion is not."
D) "Cardioversion is always attempted before defibrillation because it is not as dangerous."
B
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