Question 236 · LEK · Heart rhythm analysis
A 39-year-old man with obesity (BMI=44 kg/m²) was transported by the emergency medical services (ZRM) to the emergency department. The cardiac monitor shows asystole with P waves. In this case the ERC guidelines recommend:
- A. pharmacological cardioversion.
- B. electrical cardioversion.
- C. defibrillation.
- D. cardiac pacing.
- E. none of the above.
Hint
P waves without QRS complexes mean the atria depolarise but the ventricles do not — what can bypass that block?
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