Question 49 · LDEK · Cardiac arrest
In a patient with cardiac arrest with ECG recorded with defibrillator electrodes as below you should apply:
- A. defibrillation.
- B. precordial thump.
- C. epinephrine administration.
- D. lidocaine.
- E. cardiac pacing.
Hint
Look at the trace: are there organised QRS complexes, or only chaotic waves of varying amplitude and frequency?
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