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Why do we not defibrillate asystole?
Questioner:Oliver Green 2018-04-06 09:57:06
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Oliver Smith——Works at the International Organization for Migration, Lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
As a medical professional with expertise in emergency medicine, I can explain why we do not defibrillate asystole.
Defibrillation is a medical procedure that applies a high-energy shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm when it is in a state of ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VTach). These are both classified as shockable rhythms because they are caused by disorganized electrical activity within the heart muscle.
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Madison Turner——Studied at Stanford University, Lives in Silicon Valley. Currently leading a team of software engineers at a tech startup.
Treatment. PEA is treated much like
asystole. It is
not a
shockable rhythm because the electrical system in the heart is actually working properly. Shocking the patient is done to 'reset' the heart's rhythm, but the problem in PEA isn't in the conduction of electrical stimuli in the heart.
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