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How do you save a asystole patient?
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ACLS: Follow acls guidelines for asystole. You can save an occasional patient.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Address other things: Generally, patients in a systole die, as the disease process leading to this rhythm has essentially killed them. Rarely, if you correct another condition you can turn a patient around, but discharge to home after this rhythm is less than 1%.
Answered 10/3/2016
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