Posts Tagged: Pacemaker
Oregon Firefighter With Pacemaker Settles Discrimination Suit
A female firefighter from Eugene, Oregon who was prohibited from returning to duty with a pacemaker, has settled a disability and gender discrimination suit against the fire department for $285,000.
Carolyn McCann suffered a cardiac event on December…
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60 year old male CC: “I don’t feel well”
Here's an interesting case from an faithful reader who wishes to remain anonymous. Some changes have been made to help preserve patient confidentiality.
This is a 60 year old male, who activated EMS for not feeling well.
The call came in from a hom…
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Rhythm Challenge #5 – Answer
As I explained in Evaluating the Pacemaker Patient - Part I, most modern pacemakers are DDD pacemakers according to the NBG pacemaker code.
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71 year old male CC: Seizures
EMS is called to the residence of a 71 year old male for seizures.
On arrival the patient's spouse meets the ambulance outside and hurries the paramedics along saying "Come quickly! Please help him!"
The paramedics arrive at the patient's side just…
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A Question for Paramedics, Nurses, and Doctors Even
Hey all,
A comment was posted on this thread that I thought was worth a better venue than just remaining in the comments section. I have posted the comment/question below. Please feel free to add your introspect. Please leave a comment on this post rath…
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Ambulance Driver's Definition
Fire Critic Note: I am posting this for @Bella_Medic. She wrote this blog post and was looking for a home for it. I offered the space and here you have it. Maybe in the future you will see a blog by Bella Medic. This might also be the longest post on Fir…
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Fire truck slams into building, no one injured
Careful at the tiller brother...
Guys, this shit happens. No one was hurt from I understand. We learn, we move on. I hate to see a tiller truck get wrecked though. It seems like they are a dying apparatus type. Except for San Fran maybe. I know there ar…
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Ineffective or inappropriate ICD shocks – Part I
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)
Once upon a time, to receive an implantable defibrillator required that you survive not one, but two episodes of sudden cardiac death. You had to have ventricular arrhythmias refractory to drug therapy, a…
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