Explore more on it. Also asked, why is asystole not a shockable rhythm?
Asystole may be treated with 1 mg epinephrine by IV every 3–5 minutes as needed. Survival rates in a cardiac arrest patient with asystole are much lower than a patient with a rhythm amenable to defibrillation; asystole is itself not a "shockable" rhythm.
Beside above, what are the 3 shockable rhythms? Shockable rhythms include pulseless ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. Nonshockable rhythms include pulseless electrical activity or asystole.
Similarly, you may ask, what happens if you shock someone with a pulse?
If a person is in cardiac arrest due to pulseless V-Tach, we shock them with a manual defibrillator which means we analyze the rhythm, charge the system, and shock. If a person is in V-Tach with a pulse, we shock them with a manual defibrillator as well but with one exception.
Do you shock VT with a pulse?
Unlike defibrillation, which is used in cardiac arrest patients, synchronized cardioversion is performed on patients that still have a pulse but are hemodynamically unstable. The most common cause of sudden cardiac arrest in adults is pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF).
