jefftherealmccoy
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Just had a great one-
37/M talking with his girlfriend starts mouthing that he's going to pass out, not able to speak, just mouthing the words. Falls, hits the ground, stops breathing. We arrive, no bystander CPR, we work him. Asystole at first, after a round of epi, we intubated him, good end tidal, got him into V-Fib. Shocked him 4 times, amiodarone, more epi, no ROSC. Had great end tidal all the way into the hospital and they called it after about 20 minutes.
My question is this-
Anyone ever had someone just collapse like this from liver failure? That is the only history we could get from the hysterical girlfriend on scene. No report of chest pain prior. Didn't hear anything about cardiac enzymes while at the hospital, so he could have just had the big one. But I'll never know for sure.
Thoughts?
37/M talking with his girlfriend starts mouthing that he's going to pass out, not able to speak, just mouthing the words. Falls, hits the ground, stops breathing. We arrive, no bystander CPR, we work him. Asystole at first, after a round of epi, we intubated him, good end tidal, got him into V-Fib. Shocked him 4 times, amiodarone, more epi, no ROSC. Had great end tidal all the way into the hospital and they called it after about 20 minutes.
My question is this-
Anyone ever had someone just collapse like this from liver failure? That is the only history we could get from the hysterical girlfriend on scene. No report of chest pain prior. Didn't hear anything about cardiac enzymes while at the hospital, so he could have just had the big one. But I'll never know for sure.
Thoughts?