PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CARDIAC ARREST (Book Based)

Modifiable Factors Non-Modifiable Factors

 Sedentary lifestyle  Family History of Heart disease

 Gender(Male)
 Hypertension  Age (Men -45, Women-55)
 Coronary Artery disease  Race (Black Americans)
 Myocardial Infarction
 Occupation (Electricity Prone)

AC current

Flexor Tetany shock

Prolonged body contact to electricity  Burns

(Right hand-
4.5 %)
 Electricity to the heart

Disruption of the electrical

conduction pay

Uncoordinated contraction of the

areas of myocardium

Irregular heart rhythm and wide

QRS (VFIB)

Cessation of cardiac mechanical

activity

Absence of circulating blood flow to

the organs  Rapid and shallow breathing
 Arterial hypotension
 Decrease in mental alertness
(GCS:6)
CARDIAC ARREST 2 DEGREE  Sudden collapse/Seizure
TO ELECTRICAL INJURY

REFERENCE: Lippincot, W & Wilkins, J. (2013). Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy 5th edition (pp.675-710). New York. Wolters Kluwer Heath.