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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Analyze Stay clear while patient’s heart rhythm is analyzed Clear Head to toe and toe to head: everyone is clear! Shock Defibrillate Patient Standard is set of 1 shock Immediately restart CPR for 2 minutes then check pulse Summary Continual beating, or contracting, of the heart is necessary to keep blood circulating throughout the body. Brain damage begins in 4 to 6 minutes of cardiac arrest. There are many causes of sudden cardiac death, but the most common is ventricular fibrillation. Summary Survival from