Ventricular Asystole - Ventricular Rhythms.

Description

• Another form of Asystole you may encounter is called Ventricular Asystole.
• The features are the same as traditional Asystole, with one exception.
• There will be P waves present in this tracing.
• The patient is clinically dead. The patient will not survive with just atrial depolarization.
• (Follow your local reporting and treatment protocols)

Practice Strip

Analyze this tracing using the five steps of rhythm analysis.

Show Answer

• Rhythm: Regular
• Rate: Atria – 52, Ventricles - 0
• P Wave: Upright and uniform
• PR interval: absent
• QRS: absent
• Interpretation: Ventricular Asystole