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Asystole
Supraventricular Tachycardia
(Does NOT Require Defibrillation.
(Requires Cardioversion:
Requires CPR/ACLS
Underlying rhythm: ?A-fib/A-
flutter
Types of Defibrillators
3. Automatic External
Defibrillator (AED) 4. Implantable Cardioverter
Defibrillator (ICD)
Fact vs. Fiction
In-hospital cardiac arrest survival is about 23%
(Wesley & Wesley, 2016).
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival is
approximately 9% (Wesley & Wesley, 2016).
In a study examining 35 scenes portraying
defibrillation in 32 different movies defibrillation
was performed in 29 scenes(83%). Seven (39%) of
the cardiac rhythm’s defibrillated were asystole
(Wesley & Wesley, 2016).
Of 8 movie scenes with in-hospital cardiac arrest
7 (88%) resulted in survival (Wesley & Wesley,
2016)
How might these statistics affect public
perception of cardiac arrest survival?
Are these inaccurate scenes missed opportunities
for public health education (Mgbako et al., 2014)
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