PEA arrest
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed67-year-old man for Emergency nonshockable-arrest recognition and first-cycle response. About 7 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Recognize organized electrical activity without a pulse and start chest compressions.
- Record the adult cardiac-arrest epinephrine action promptly during active compressions.
- Keep PEA on the nonshockable pathway while reversible causes are pursued.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- Wigginton JG, et al. Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support: 2025 AHA Guidelines for CPR and ECC. Circulation. 2025;152(suppl 2):S538-S577. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001376.
- American Heart Association. Adult Cardiac Arrest Algorithm (VF/pVT/Asystole/PEA). 2025.
Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.