is vfib a shockable rhythm?
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VF and pulseless VT are shockable rhythms and treated in similar fashion. Asystole and PEA are also included in the cardiac arrest algorithm but are non-shockable rhythms. Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia are treated using the left branch of the cardiac arrest arrest algorithm.
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Complications. Most cases of paroxysmal A-fib will pass naturally, but A-fib can lead to serious consequences. So, if a person experiences a change in the rhythm of their heart, they should seek medical help right away. In the most serious cases, paroxysmal A-fib can lead to heart failure or a stroke.
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Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT, PSVT) Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is a regular, fast (160 to 220 beats per minute) heart rate that begins and ends suddenly and originates in heart tissue other than that in the ventricles.
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12 volts DC is not a shock hazard. The resistance of your body is too high for any dangerous amount of current to flow (though I wouldn't go out of your way to do it like I did). 12V DC isn't a shock hazard.
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SVT is often called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) because it begins suddenly and ends suddenly. PSVT is due to a mechanism called re-entry. A premature beat gets caught in a loop, repeating itself over and over. The impulse is caught in a circular pathway that has a slow area within it.
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The AED is designed to shock VF or VT (ventricular tachycardia), which is a very weak but fast heart rhythm. There are other heart rhythms associated with SCA that are not treated with defibrillation shocks. A "No Shock Advised" message does not mean that the victim's heart rhythm is back to normal.
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The pattern or rhythm of a heart beat can also tell you what's going on: a panic attack typically brings a constant rapid heart rate, while AFib causes an erratic heart rate. If your heart seems to be skipping beats, or speeding up then slowing down and speeding up again, it's more likely that AFib is to blame.
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For most people, atrial fibrillation is symptomatic and there will be warning signs that something isn't right. The first sign of atrial fibrillation can be a missed or skipped beat, followed very quickly by a “thudding” or “flipping” feeling in the chest and a fast, racing heart rate.
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This is not normal medical practice, as the heart cannot be restarted by the defibrillator itself. Only the cardiac arrest rhythms ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia are normally defibrillated.
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The most common symptom: a quivering or fluttering heartbeat Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common type of irregular heartbeat. The abnormal firing of electrical impulses causes the atria (the top chambers in the heart) to quiver (or fibrillate).
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There is high voltage, and you expect some discordant ST depression, but this ST depression, although always discordant, is way out of proportion to the QRS voltage. Moreover, the ST depression is NOT maximal in V5 and V6, as it should be with LVH repolarization abnormalities. So this is ischemic ST depression.
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The vertex sharp transient (VST) is an electroencephalographic (EEG) discharge that is an early marker of non-REM sleep. It has been recognized since the beginning of sleep physiology research, but its source and function remain mostly unexplained.
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If they appear in groups of two or more together (coupled), the situation could also be dangerous. In addition, the most dangerous situation is called the R-on-T Phenomenon. When the PVC falls on a T wave from the previous contraction, ventricular fibrillation and death can occur.
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An echogenic intracardiac focus (EIF) is a bright white spot in the fetal heart that looks like a tiny golf ball. This bright spot is due to a bit of calcium in one of the muscles that attaches to the heart valve. It is NOT an abnormality and is NOT associated with heart defects.
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Atrial fibrillation (also called AFib or AF) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. At least 2.7 million Americans are living with AFib.
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PACs and SVTs may (or may not) act as triggers that can initiate episodes of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. As PVCs occur in the ventricular chambers of the heart, they cannot directly initiate an episode of atrial arrhythmia.
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For scientific purposes, we analysed the electrocardiogram of the deployed automated external defibrillator (AED) [1]. Initially, the AED detected a non-shockable rhythm, caused by atrial fibrillation (AF) with high-degree atrioventricular block and slow ventricular escape rhythm (Fig.