While on duty today we received a call for a fall in the bathtub. While enroute, our control center advised that the patient was in cardiac arrest but no bystander CPR was being performed. We arrive on scene and yes, the patient was in cardiac arrest. The following is textbook BLS and ACLS.
We started effective CPR, placed an OPA. One defibrillation, vasopressin, atropine, Glucagon IV for beta blocker interaction, dextrose 50% for diabetes, Epinephrine, Sodium Bicarbonate for acidosis, intubation, got a pulse back, lidocaine to increase fibrillation, dopamine infusion mixed and hung, lidocaine infusion mixed and hung and a nice quiet ride to the hospital.
I am sure that the patient will die, but at least now the family has the opportunity to say goodbye and not suddenly. Sometime, that is all we can hope for.
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