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barry barry
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12 years ago
Asystole is the total absence of ventricular electrical activity. Explain why defibrillation would not be effective in this situation.
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12 years ago
Defibrillation is accomplished by electrically shocking the heart, which interrupts its chaotic twitching by depolarizing the entire myocardium. In this case, the ventricles are at a total standstill and defibrillation would not be effective.
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