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Do you know if ventricular fibrillation is the most common rhythm during cardiac arrest?

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No.: The initial rhythm causing a cardiac arrest is most usually monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (62%), followed by bradycardia (17%), then polymorphic VT (13%) and finally primary vf (8%). Most of these rhythms will eventually degenerate into vf, however.

Dr Walsh agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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