What Is Asystole?

Asystole is when the heart stops beating. If the brain does not get the blood it needs in normal times, it will cause people to immediately lose consciousness. People who seem to be perfectly normal will have a cardiac arrest due to an unexpected sudden occurrence of coronary heart disease.

Cardiac arrest

The heart muscle must contract in a coordinated way for the heart to work as effectively as a pump.

Cardiac arrest is usually caused by a heart disease called ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular fibrillation occurs if the ventricular muscles are spasmodic, uncoordinated, and unable to pump blood effectively.

A symptom of cardiac arrest is the absence of a heartbeat. If no one is around when the heart is stopped, the patient will be fatal. However, if cardiac massage is performed within a few minutes of cardiac arrest to restore heartbeat and circulation, the patient may recover.

If someone has a cardiac arrest, call an ambulance immediately. People trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation can help people who have a stopped heartbeat resuscitate before being sent to the hospital. If a person with a cardiac arrest is treated in time and his blood circulation can be maintained before being sent to the hospital, his hope for recovery is quite high. If the cardiac arrest is caused by ventricular fibrillation, it can be recovered with a defibrillator, which is an instrument that can briefly pass current through the heart.