Angiography in ROSC shockable rhythmscardiac arrestdiffuse subendocardial ischemia3 Min Read Steve SmithonJuly 25, 2024 Resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation. Should the cath lab be activated? This patient was witnessed by bystanders to collapse. They started CPR. EMS arrived and found him in Ventricular Fibrillation…
Angiography in ROSC shockable rhythmsCOACTOMI in cardiac arrestTOMAHAWK5 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 29, 2024 Guidelines would (erroneously) say that this patient who was defibrillated and resuscitated does not need emergent angiography A patient had a cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation and was successfully defibrillated. Here was his initial ED ECG: Formal…
Angiography in ROSC shockable rhythmscardiac arrestOMI5 Min Read Steve SmithonJune 18, 2019 Sudden Cardiac Arrest: why does the Heart Just Die? A 60-something was outside walking with a friend when he suddenly stated that he “felt weak,” without chest pain or SOB or…