Student learning toolCreated by: Champsedine Arevalo, MAN, RN, EMT
Arrest

Agonal Rhythm

Very slow, wide, dying complexes. Peri-arrest.

LEAD II · 25 mm/sAgonal

Characteristics

Rate
< 20 bpm
QRS
Wide, irregular, low amplitude

Common causes

  • End-stage arrest
  • Severe hypoxia

ACLS treatment

  1. 1Treat as PEA/asystole per cardiac arrest algorithm.

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