Fortunately, the condition â caused by the strep A bacteria â is easy to treat and recovery is usually quick. Here are 11 things you need to know about strep throat: what it is, how to treat it, and how to prevent getting it in the first place. Strep throat is a bacterial infection in the throat and tonsils.
Accidental overdose of a number of different kinds of medications can cause pulseless arrest. Some of the most common include: tricyclics, digoxin, betablockers, and calcium channel blockers). Street drugs and other chemicals can precipitate pulseless arrest.
With both asystole and PEA there is no blood flow to the brain unless immediate CPR is performed. When all emergency treatments are unsuccessful, death is confirmed. Even in the rare case that a rhythm reappears, after 10-15 minutes or more the brain will have been deprived of oxygen long enough to cause brain death. Survival rates in a cardiac arrest patient with asystole are much lower than with a rhythm amenable to an electrical shock (defibrillation).