Cardiac arrest rhythms frequently change during the course of resuscitation, and management should be modified to the appropriate rhythm-based strategy. Learn more about managing cardiac arrest according to rhythm.

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the most common initial heart rhythm in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and the most salvageable one.

According to television, if there’s a heart problem, you shock it, right? WRONG! Learn how to properly manage shockable rhythms.