I'm trying to get everyone's takes on treatment of Blunt Trauma Induced Cardiac Dysrhythmias. To treat or not to treat? Lets say the pt is in V-tach with a pulse following blunt chest trauma. Suspect SA and AV nodal damage?
Has anyone else ever seen this?
Witnessed Arrest in the rig. Pt went into V-Fib, shocked biphasic at 200 joules and then had a pretty signifigant of blood discharged from the nose.
There was no oral or nasal airway placed.
We had a drowning call last night. A bystander saw a man floating face down in the bay and jumped in and started pulling him to shore by the time we got on scene. We jumped a fence and got a collar and board on him while getting him onto the shore. Pt had a strong radial, along with...