ECG Video: Cardiac Asystole

Complete cardiac standstill. Once confirmed, considered as cardiac arrest.

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[MEDiscuss]

Yup, adrenaline too while I start the cardiac compressions :)

[tingmarco1]

the mother of all bradycardias!

[bathrezz]

stfu scrubs

[chrissie202]

Thats ok i understand how it looked i would have thought the same if i had seen it recently no need to apologize no hard feelings.

[FirstResponder911]

Alright then, I missed that part. I recant that last statement and apologize.

[chrissie202]

The person this was aimed at is not a medical professional and he or she was using it to makes them look good. Oh and yes i do have a clue about medical terminology i have only spent 4 years doing a medical degree. This was not aimed at fellow medics it was aimed at one little person who does not have a clue and was using our jargon to someone who is NOT a medic he should have explained what these words meant that's why i was pissed off

[FirstResponder911]

No one is trying to impress anyone or "be clever" by using medical "jargon". This type of terminology is used to attain relative uniformity with all medical professionals. If you had the slightest clue about medical terminology, you would know why arrhythmia is the best word to describe it. Ponder this: How can it be just an "irregular heart beat" if there is no heart beat (asystole)?

If you have that kind of attitude towards medical professionals, I think you would be a sad sap to work with.

[sciencoking]

well it´s rather time of missing second electrode

[chrissie202]

i am a nurse and medical jargon does not make u clever people who read this please don't think these people r clever they r using medical jargon so you think they r clever why arrhythmia

why not irregular heart beat and icd why not implantable cardioverter defibrillator or mini defib under the skin how sad r some of you trying to impress people with jargon get a life and people dont be impressed by medical jargon most of the time big words mean nothing please dont fall for these sad nerds

[thegrizzly1]

everywhere lol

[thegrizzly1]

as we can see that type of asystole still hs some P waves... but the heart is no longer beating...