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Also known as: cardiopulmonary arrest · VF/VT · ACLS · CPR
The sudden loss of effective circulation — unresponsive, not breathing normally, no pulse. Survival depends on early high-quality CPR and, for shockable rhythms (VF/pulseless VT), early defibrillation.
Ischaemic heart disease (commonest), primary arrhythmia, hypoxia, and the reversible 4 Hs and 4 Ts.
Cardiac arrest — timing by rhythm
Refractory VF/pulseless VT; stable VT
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