The most common causes for a weak or absent pulse are cardiac arrest and shock. Cardiac arrest occurs when someoneâs heart stops beating. Shock happens when someoneâs body begins to shut down. This causes a weak pulse, rapid heartbeat, shallow breathing, and unconsciousness.
She appeared in Prison Break in 2006 as Nika Volek, a role which she continued to portray in the show's second season. Also in 2006, Valance appeared in the National Lampoon comedy Pledge This!, alongside American socialite Paris Hilton.
This results in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. Piperâs sentenced to 15 months at the womenâs federal prison in Litchfield, New York after being caught transporting a suitcase full of drug money for Alex Vause (Laura Prepon). Alex is an international drug smuggler and a past girlfriend. Incarcerated in the same facility as Piper, Alex grew up poor with girls in school bullying her and eventually wound up in the drug business. Piper starts a line of artisanal soaps prior to leaving for prison.