According to new study results, the presence of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia as the first recorded rhythm after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is much greater after ...

Research indicates that non-shockable cardiac arrest is associated with higher mortality rates compared to cardiac arrest cases wherein shockable rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Administration of epinephrine within 4 minutes after first automatic external defibrillator shock for ...

Pulseless ventricular tachycardia occurs when an abnormally rapid heart rate originating in the heart’s lower chambers makes a pulse undetectable. Emergency cardiac defibrillation is usually necessary ...

Pulseless arrest rhythms are divided into shockable and nonshockable. Shockable rhythms are VF or ventricular tachycardia (VT). If VT/VF persists after the first shock and 5 cycles or 2 minutes, then ...

The quick-thinking young doctor charges the defibrillator paddles and places them on the chest of the lifeless patient, whose cardiac monitor is showing a straight green line. The patient gets a huge ...

Resuscitation guidelines and protocols for in-hospital cardiac arrest have changed in the past decade. Does this correlate with increased survival, and do the surviving patients retain neurological ...