Beck reopened the chest and tried to massage the heart by hand for approximately 45 minutes, before proceeding to the use of defibrillator which had been designed by Beck and built by his friend James Rand (of the Rand Development Corp.). Beck applied the paddles of the device directly to the boy's heart, and successfully brought the heart out of fibrillation.
Beck opened the chest and manually massaged the heart for approximately 45 minutes before using a defibrillator designed by him and built by his friend James Rand (of the Rand Development Corp.). Beck placed the paddles of the device directly on the boy's heart, successfully restoring normal heart function.