Do defibrillators work on people in asystole?
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Defibrillators defibrillate. Thus, they have to have a rhythm to be effective. Asystole is the absence of rhythm, and thus defibrillation won't help, unfortunately. Remember your ACLS algorithm: asystole is treated with epinephrine/atropine and compressions primarily.
That said, remember that sometimes fine ventricular fib looks like asystole. So one should confirm asystole in several leads and may even try defibrillation, in case the "asystole" is really fine ventricular fibrillation.
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Huh. Get a life
I hope your not trying to ask this cause it's needed right now on someone,,, LOL depends on how long the person is in Asystole rhythm. and what other adjuncts have been done in prodocol! Epi, Bicarb, etc..but start at 100 jules.
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