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May 17, 2012  
EDUCATION CENTER: Symptoms

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  • Ventricular Fibrillation

    Symptoms
    The first, and usually the only, symptom of ventricular fibrillation is sudden unconsciousness. The person usually may convulse and develop irreversible brain damage after about 5 minutes, followed by death.

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