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Asystole, the flatline heart rhythm, can be treated by defibrillation.

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Is it true that Asystole, the flatline heart rhythm, can be treated by defibrillation?

No. Multiple reference sources state that asystole is a non-shockable rhythm and that defibrillation is ineffective for it; one registry analysis found no survival benefit from conversion to a shockable rhythm.

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Evidence against · 6
Defibrillation - Wikipedia
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Defibrillation - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defibrillation

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Asystole
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Asystole. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asystole

Can defibrillation revive a flatlined patient?
2011
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Can defibrillation revive a flatlined patient?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/5046/can-defibrillation-revive-a-flatlined-patient

Racing to the flatline: heart rate and β-adrenergic stimulation quicken the pace -
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Racing to the flatline: heart rate and β-adrenergic stimulation quicken the pace - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00154.2015

Asystole: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
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Asystole: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. (n.d.). my.clevelandclinic.org. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/22920-asystole

Survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests with initial asystole or pulseless electrical activity and subsequent shockable rhythms.
2013
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AJ, T., CD, N., R, F., DM, Z., & MR, D. (2013). Survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests with initial asystole or pulseless electrical activity and subsequent shockable rhythms.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.02.016

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