Pulseless ventricular tachycardia occurs when an abnormally rapid heart rate originating in the heart’s lower chambers makes a pulse undetectable. Emergency cardiac defibrillation is usually ...

Pulseless arrest rhythms are divided into shockable and nonshockable. Shockable rhythms are VF or ventricular tachycardia (VT). If VT/VF persists after the first shock and 5 cycles or 2 minutes ...

There must be some form of electrical activity on the ECG or telemetry that is not ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation or asystole. Pulseless electrical activity frequently manifests ...