Thursday, October 9, 2014

PEA- Pulseless Electrical Activity

Pulseless Electrical Activity, or PEA is defined as electrical activity within the heart (an organized rhythm) without corresponding muscular activity.  In other words, everything may look fine on a monitor, but there is no pulse- the muscle is not contracting, and there is no actual mechanical movement, or very little (pseudo-PEA).  Initial treatment is...(read more at http://www.carpentercprsolutions.com/-blog/pea-pulseless-electrical-activity)