Cardiac arrest in elderly woman during hospital transport, Wilmington DE
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, paramedics report a witnessed cardiac arrest of a 90-year-old woman with ongoing resuscitation during transport to St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.
Audio|Heard on: New Castle DE Hospital Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Good evening, St. Francis. This is Paramedic 2124 off Medic 8.
00:04
We are about a block away from you right now.
00:06
I've not initiated transport so far, but we have a witnessed cardiac arrest of a 90-year-old female, ongoing resuscitation.
00:12
How do you copy?
00:14
I'm clear.
00:17
Our initial rhythm with the patient was a couple agonal beats but mainly asystolic.
00:24
She has gotten six rounds of epi so far.
00:26
We did have a brief period of relapse that lasted approximately 1 minute.
00:32
Largely she has been in cardiac standstill with the use of our Lucas device, but after we stopped using the device, that's when we had a palpable carotid pulse.
00:42
After about a minute, she rearrested after going into a period of bygeminy.
00:47
Currently, she is in an organized pulseless electrical activity as well.
00:50
She is getting ready to receive her seventh dose of epi.
00:52
The only medical history that we have on file for her is hypertension.
00:59
Getting ready to package and move the patient now.
01:01
They are successfully intubated with a 7.5 endotracheal tube with an initial end tidal of 50.
01:12
Last in total was forty-three.
01:16
Patient currently receiving their seventh epi, and then we will get ready to package and head to your facility.
01:20
Standing by for any questions.
01:22
All right, well if he wouldn't get here, drop 900 and seventy-five.
01:27
Copy that, 900 and seventy-seven.
01:28
Five C shortly.
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N Clayton St, Wilmington, DE 19805
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