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Defibrillation is only useful if the problem is your heart is doing some kind of fibrillation.
If it's not beating at all, other methods like manual massage or chemical restarts (epinephrine) are the right move.
Gotcha. My CPR training was so long ago, and the only relevant information that really stuck with me was "the AED will directly instruct you if it thinks a shock is helpful based on what it detects", after that the specifics just kinda fell through my brain.