Pulseless ventricular tachycardia

Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia Algorithm... 

FIGURE 6-12. Decision algorithm for resuscitation of ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. 

Cardiopulmonary arrest in adults usually results from arrhythmias. The most common arrhythmias are ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (PVT), often in patients after myocardial infarction (MI) or pulmonary embolism (PE). In children, cardiopulmonary arrest is often the terminal event of progressive shock or respiratory failure. 

CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation D5W, 5% dextrose in water PEA, pulseless electrical activity PVT, pulseless ventricular tachycardia ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation VF, ventricular fibrillation. 

Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation Adult... 

If pulseless ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation develops, go to page 384 if PEA develops, go to page 385... 

Deflbrillation is one of the few interventions that has been shown to improve outcome from cardiac arrest. The cardiac arrhythmias commonly associated with sudden collapse are (1) asystole and (2) rapid and ineffective depolarization due to ventricular flbrillation (VF), pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT), or supraventricular tachycardia with 1 1 ventricular response (as can occur with pre-excitation syndromes). The best strategy is to treat collapsed patients who have a broad-complex tachycardia at once by external Direct Current (DC) defibrillation. 

For patients in ventricular fibrillation/pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VF/PVT), rapid defibrillation is the single most important intervention that affects survival. 

PAD public-access deflbrillation PEA pulseless electrical activity PVT pulseless ventricular tachycardia ROSC return of spontaneous circulation VF ventricular fibrillation... 

B. Complications. Ventricular tachycardia in patients with a pulse may be associated with hypotension or may deteriorate into pulseless ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation. 

Ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia algorithm... 

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) require aggressive, systematic treatment Follow this algorithm for patients with these arrhythmias. 

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