Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions.
Tachyarrhythmias are often the cause of hemodynamic instability causing a life-threatening condition. The recommended procedure is to perform urgent electrical cardioversion. Chosen medical emergency systems all over the world make it possible for medical rescuers to perform this procedure in pre-ho...
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Towarzystwo Pomocy Doraźnej
2019-03-01
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| author | Rafał Waćkowski Arkadiusz Wejnarski |
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| description | Tachyarrhythmias are often the cause of hemodynamic instability causing a life-threatening condition. The recommended procedure is to perform urgent electrical cardioversion. Chosen medical emergency systems all over the world make it possible for medical rescuers to perform this procedure in pre-hospital conditions. The analyzed case presents a 75-year-old patient with ventricular tachycardia leading to a cardiogenic shock. The quick recognition and implementation of the proceedings by the rescue team without a doctor turned out to be effective at the place of the event. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a7f899e7388434c90f956981a579bc82022-12-21T18:32:25ZengTowarzystwo Pomocy DoraźnejCritical Care Innovations2545-25332545-25332019-03-0121273110.32114/CCI.2019.2.1.27.31Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions.Rafał Waćkowski0Arkadiusz Wejnarski 1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1454-6664Polish Medical Air Rescue, Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Nursing and Emergency Medicine, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, PolandTachyarrhythmias are often the cause of hemodynamic instability causing a life-threatening condition. The recommended procedure is to perform urgent electrical cardioversion. Chosen medical emergency systems all over the world make it possible for medical rescuers to perform this procedure in pre-hospital conditions. The analyzed case presents a 75-year-old patient with ventricular tachycardia leading to a cardiogenic shock. The quick recognition and implementation of the proceedings by the rescue team without a doctor turned out to be effective at the place of the event.https://www.irdim.net/cci/2(1)27-31.htmltachyarrhythmiaventricular tachycardiacardioversionemergency medical serviceparamedic |
| spellingShingle | Rafał Waćkowski Arkadiusz Wejnarski Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions. Critical Care Innovations tachyarrhythmia ventricular tachycardia cardioversion emergency medical service paramedic |
| title | Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions. |
| title_full | Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions. |
| title_fullStr | Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions. |
| title_short | Electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre-hospital conditions. |
| title_sort | electrical cardioversion performed by an emergency team without a doctor in pre hospital conditions |
| topic | tachyarrhythmia ventricular tachycardia cardioversion emergency medical service paramedic |
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