Question

A patient is hooked upto a monitoring machine that shows voltage traces on a screen and make the sound “….. pip……pip…….peeeeeee” as the patient goes into:

• A. Heart failure
• B. Heart attack
• C. Cardiac arrest
• D. All

Answer 1

The correct option is C Cardiac arrest

A patient which is hooked upto a monitoring machine and machine shows sounds as pip...pip... as the person goes into cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest is the condition in which sudden loss of blood flow througout the body causes reduced supply to brain leading to unconsciousness. In this condition, heart is not able to pump blood effectively, thus heart beat stops.