ASYSTOL

MANAGEMENT

Khobiroh ilmi
Santria Dewi R
Mi’rojul Khusnah
Yuanita
 DEFINITION

 ASYSTOLE is the absence of

ventricular contractions.
Asystole is the most serious
form of cardiac arrest and is
usually irreversible. A cardiac
flatline is the state of total
cessation of electrical activity
from the heart, which means
no tissue contraction from the
heart muscle and therefore no
blood flow to the rest of the
body.
 CAUSE

• Hypovolemia
• Hypoxia
• Acidosis
• Hypothermia
• Hyperkalemia or
hypokalemia
• Hypoglycemia
• Drug overdose
• Electric shock
• Tachycardia
• Cardiac temponade
• Tension pneumothorax
• Thrombosis
• trauma
 Survival
rates in a cardiac arrest patient with asystole
are much lower than a patient with a rhythm
amenable to defibrillation; asystole is itself not a
"shockable" rhythm. Out-of-hospital survival rates
(even with emergency intervention) are less than 2