While certainly not this week's or even this months memorable call but its one that'll stick with me for the rest of my life. Getting ROSC on a 30 week pregnant female.
(I was in my internship for medic school) Mom was putting to bed her 3 yo daughter when she collapsed. Daughter got dad who started high-quality CPR. We were the second engine crew in and I walked into the room and the crew was working her. The company officer looked at me and gave a brief synopsis, pretty much 30 weeks pregnant, CPR PTA, 1 defibrillation if you're going to run the call do it now.
Delegated the IO, gave epi, I got the tube, defibrillated again and got ROSC. Initially SVT at 155 and after a bolus went to ST at 120-130. Measurable vitals on scene and off we went. Last I heard mom was discharged doing fine and the baby was in the NICU (they flew her to a specialty center and induced labor).
I learned two things on that call. This was my 5th or 6th working full arrest so needless to say I had found my "groove". As soon as I heard 30 weeks pregnant I got tunnel visioned and scatterbrained. I took what felt like an eternity, but was really a couple seconds, took a breath, cleared my head, and focused on the task at hand. The second thing I learned is CPR PTA and good team dynamics drastically improve the call.
I'm extremely glad I got this call and the outcome of the call, but kinda bummed at the same time because I got the call so early in my career. It'll be one of those calls where I reflect on at 3am after taking some belligerent drunk or drugged out person to the hospital and I question if I still want to do this. These calls while extremely rare, make this job all the more worth it when you remember that euphoric feeling that you had.