TY - JOUR
T1 - Double Sequential Defibrillation for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
T2 - A Case Report
AU - Lybeck, Aurora M.
AU - Moy, Hawnwan Philip
AU - Tan, David K.
PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - A 40-year-old male struck his chest against a pole during a basketball game and had sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. After bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, fire and emergency medical services personnel provided six defibrillation attempts prior to emergency department arrival. A 7th attempt in the emergency department using a different vector was unsuccessful. On the 8th attempt, using a second defibrillator with defibrillator pads placed adjacent to the primary set of defibrillator pads, two shocks were administered in near simultaneous fashion. The double sequential defibrillation was successful and the patient had return of spontaneous circulation at the next pulse check. He recovered in the intensive care unit, was discharged home 1 month later, and continues to follow up in clinic over 1 year later with a Cerebral Performance Category score of 1 (short-term memory deficits).
AB - A 40-year-old male struck his chest against a pole during a basketball game and had sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. After bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, fire and emergency medical services personnel provided six defibrillation attempts prior to emergency department arrival. A 7th attempt in the emergency department using a different vector was unsuccessful. On the 8th attempt, using a second defibrillator with defibrillator pads placed adjacent to the primary set of defibrillator pads, two shocks were administered in near simultaneous fashion. The double sequential defibrillation was successful and the patient had return of spontaneous circulation at the next pulse check. He recovered in the intensive care unit, was discharged home 1 month later, and continues to follow up in clinic over 1 year later with a Cerebral Performance Category score of 1 (short-term memory deficits).
KW - cardiac arrest
KW - cardiopulmonary arrest
KW - cardiopulmonary resuscitation
KW - defibrillation
KW - external
KW - ventricular fibrillation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941418825&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/10903127.2015.1025155
DO - 10.3109/10903127.2015.1025155
M3 - Article
C2 - 25970000
AN - SCOPUS:84941418825
VL - 19
SP - 554
EP - 557
JO - Prehospital Emergency Care
JF - Prehospital Emergency Care
SN - 1090-3127
IS - 4
ER -