During the first 6 mins of cardiac arrest, whats the typically presenting rhythm? thanks for helping !!!?

Question

During the first 6 mins of cardiac arrest, whats the typically presenting rhythm? thanks for helping !!!?

Answer 1

Ventricular fibrillation is the most common cause for cardiovascular collapse.

Answer 2

If the heart isn't in asystole, then the person's heart is in v-tach or v-fib, which are either really rapid beats or really random rythms.

Answer 3

Geeeeeeesh, The TYPICAL presenting rhythm of cardiac arrest in t he first six minutes is Ventricular Fibrillation.

There is NO OTHER answer to this question.

We see ALL other rhythms but TYPICALLY it is V.Fib.

Answer 4

Well, cardiac arrest is an actual stoppage of the heart so there is no rhythm, the heart is in asystole.

In a myocardial infarction (typically known as a heart attack) part of the muscle of the heart dies but the change in rhythm depends on where in the heart the dead muscle is.

Answer 5

I'm not sure of any hard numbers on this, but from codes I have worked it almost always looks like V-fib because the 250lb orderly is doing compressions and just the jostling is enough to make the display wiggle. I had seen an answer which talked about PEA. Its important to understand that cardiac arrest is a hydraulic/muscular situation; The pump is not pumping blood. what is happening electrically is likely relevant but EKG rhythm and cardiac beat/output are not always co-related

Answer 6

It could be any rhythm that does not effectively pump blood.  Common rhythms are ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation, but I've seen arrests with bradycardic rhythms, like complete heart block (3rd degree).  PEA (pulseless electrical activity) can also occur, especially if the arrest is caused by tamponade or pnuemothorax.

Agonal rhtythm and asystole usually occur later.