This was no easy arrest to manage, as the heart rhythm alternated between ventricular fibrillation and asystole.
The patient developed cardiac arrest and asystole.
Some patients have asystole from the onset of arrest and are unsuitable for defibrillation by the ambulance crew or bystanders.
A proportion of patients are unsuitable for defibrillation because their initial arrhythmia is asystole or pulseless electrical activity.
She developed asystole, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed for 20 minutes.
They administered defibrillatory shocks, and after a period of asystole, the patient's heart returned to sinus rhythm.
Derivatives
asystolic
adjectiveeɪsɪsˈtɒlɪk
Medicine
Severe toxicity leads to coma, profound hypotension, bradycardia, and asystolic arrest.
Example sentencesExamples
The practice of maintaining brain stem dead patients on mechanical ventilation until they become asystolic has largely ceased in the United Kingdom as a result of the clear guidelines of the royal colleges.
A 74-year-old man with a history of coronary artery disease was found in asystolic arrest and was brought to the emergency department at this hospital.
He notes that the increased myocardial oxygen consumption occurring with epinephrine may have harmful effects in patients with asystolic cardiac arrest.