2022 Cardiac Arrest Defibrillator 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 9, 2024
Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 50s was found by his family in cardiac arrest of unknown duration. 15 minutes after EMS arrival, after at least 6 defibrillations, the patient achieved sustained ROSC. Meyers and Smith in the October 15, 2022 post of Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ). 15, 2022 post).
Ken Grauer, MD
JUNE 27, 2024
He developed cardiac arrest shortly after the ECG in Figure-1 was recorded. As reviewed by Almarzuqi et al ( Vasc Health Risk Mgmt 18:397-406, 2022 ) — Potential Causes of Bidirectional VT include: Digitalis toxicity. C ASE C onclusion: As noted above — today's patient developed cardiac arrest shortly after arrival in the ED.
Journal of the American Heart Association
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
BackgroundDespite the wellknown importance of witnessed arrest and bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for outofhospital cardiac arrest outcomes, previous studies have shown significant statistical inconsistencies. The outcome measure was prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JULY 14, 2023
He underwent further standard resuscitation EXCEPT that we applied the Inspiratory Threshold Device ( ResQPod ) AND applied Dual Sequential Defibrillation (this simply means we applied 2 sets of pads, had 2 defib machines, and defibrillated with both with only a fraction of one second separating each defibrillation.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
It was reportedly a PEA arrest; there was no recorded V Fib and no defibrillation. He had multiple cardiac arrests with ROSC regained each time. This patient arrested shortly after hospital arrival. As a result — the history will often be limited to what was known prior to the arrest.
EMS 12-Lead
MARCH 30, 2024
This false electrical capture may have made cardiac arrest recognition difficult, and the re-arrest may have gone unrecognized for an unknown amount of time. As this case shows, electrical capture isn't always possible at lower currents, especially with pads placed in a standard anterolateral "defibrillation" position.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
Although one may have all kinds of ischemic findings as a result of cardiac arrest (rather than cause of cardiac arrest), this degree of ST elevation and HATW is all but diagnostic of acute proximal LAD occlusion. The April 8, 2022 post by Drs. This prompted cath lab activation.
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