The invention provides a digital variable frequency defibrillator which comprises a digital controller and a pulse output circuit, wherein the pulse output circuit comprises a power supply, a half-bridge inverter circuit, a pre-transformer, a full-bridge rectifier circuit, a soft switching circuit, a voltage division circuit, an LC (inductance-capacitance) resonance circuit, a post transformer and a discharge electrode which are sequentially connected; the power supply, the half-bridge inverter circuit, the full-bridge rectifier circuit, the soft switching circuit, the voltage division circuit and the LC resonance circuit are respectively connected with the digital controller by a power supply voltage detection circuit, a half-bridge inverter MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) driving circuit, a soft switching MOSFET driving circuit, an after-rectifying voltage monitoring circuit and an LC resonance thyristor driving circuit. The invention also discloses a variable frequency pulse control method, solves the problems of uncontrollability of pulse frequency and low utilization rate of energy in the prior art and improves working efficiency, reliability and service life of a system.