Cardiac arrest: Difference between revisions

Created page with "'''Cardiac arrest''' refers to when the heart stops beating, providing no or very little cardiac output. It is diagnosed when a patient is unresponsive and not breathing or breathing abnormally. As there is no cardiac output there is no pulse either, but an unconscious patient who is not breathing likely has cardiac arrest so time is not wasted feeling for a pulse. Cardiac arrest inevitebly leads to death unless successfully managed. Management of cardiac arrest is..."