What is asystole?
Asystole is a complete absence of heart rhythm. When the heart is in Asystole, it stopped beating, or there is an electrical activity at such a low level that it cannot be detected by an electrocardiograph. Most people who develop asystole will die, even if a small amount is revived, depending on what causes their heart to stop hitting and how quickly medical treatment is provided. Asystole is one of the criteria that can be used to pronounce someone dead.
The heart can become asystolic for many different reasons. Damage or disease in the heart may cause it to stop hitting, because the cells in the heart are damaged, for example, as well as an overdose by a drug, deprivation of oxygen and tip at potassium levels. It is not uncommon for the heart rhythm to be irregular before the heart stops hitting completely. For this provision of asystolic arrests, it is sometimes referred to as "flatlining" in colloquial English. Fans of medical dramas may have heard this term used on television.
There are some treatment that can be used to try to beat heart again. Drugs such as epinephrine, vasopressin and atropine and chest compression can be injected to enforce some blood through the circulatory system. In some cases, inner massage of cardiac massage can be used and doctors can try stimulation in which the heart is shocked by small electric pulses in the pattern to try to restore a regular rhythm.
The main problem of Asystole is that the longer the heart does not beat, the more the brain gets rid of oxygen. Even in chest compression or heart massage, the brain does not reach enough blood. Termination of cardiac activity for more than 15 minutes is generally considered to be a sign that the patient is really dead, because even though the heart can be restarted at this point, the brain will be too poorly damaged. However, every measure is made to revive the patient to the point without a return.
In several patients who are recovering from asystole, it is common to experience bruises and chest pain and sometimes the ribs are broken by compression on the chest. To ensure support, it is usually necessary to care for the succession when the patient recovers and solves the basic condition that caused the heart to stop first.