Posts Tagged: Ventricular Fibrillation
47 year old male CC: Crushing chest pain – Conclusion
Here is the conclusion to 47 year old male CC: Crushing chest pain.
You may want to go back and read the original case presentation to see how we got to this point.
When we left off we had this rhythm on the monitor and surprisingly the patient was con…
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63 year old male CC: Chest pain – Conclusion
Here is the conclusion to 63 year old male CC: Chest pain.
Let's take another look at the patient's heart rhythm.
I can see why some of you thought this was Torsades de Pointes but the cycle rate is over 300 and the underlying rhythm showed a n…
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65 year old male CC: Cardiac arrest on the tennis court
65 year old male collapses while playing tennis. The scene is less than 1 minute from the fire station.
On arrival, bystanders are providing rescue breaths but no chest compressions.
Medical history is unknown.
Initial rhythm:
First shock:
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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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