Patient with device failure treated after cardiac arrest, Toledo OH
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical personnel responded to a hospital campus for a 40-year-old patient with a left ventricular assist device whose device battery failed. The patient experienced cardiac arrest and was defibrillated multiple times. The patient's heart rhythm improved, but they remained unresponsive. Coordination took place to ensure continuous power supply for the device during transfer.
Audio|Heard on: Fulton OH Hospital Group Calls
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01:47
Transcript:
00:00
One hundred and 20 patient here is LVAD patient.
00:06
The batteries ended up dying on him for us to be called out.
00:10
Patient was then in cardiac arrest and defib.
00:12
We ended up giving a couple shocks.
00:15
Problem here is we have him plugged into the wall.
00:18
We're going to use a generator on our end to get him in rig.
00:22
We're going need actually the same thing coming out of the rig into your facility.
00:28
If you don't have one, we can use ours.
00:31
It's going to have CO come out of it because it is gas generated unless you have another option at your facility.
00:40
Is his rate right now? Does he have a rhythm?
00:46
He has a good rhythm, about in the nineties.
00:52
Initially he was in V-fib.
00:54
We shocked him at two hundred, able to change that around.
00:56
But we have the LVAD currently working.
00:59
We're going to attempt to get a blood pressure on him and see.
01:02
Still unresponsive at this time.
01:04
We have an IO established.
01:06
Working on a twelve lead for you.
01:11
We are ventilating this patient with an air Q in place.
01:14
Good capnography,
01:16
no responsiveness in his pupils.
01:21
Okay, how old is this patient?
01:28
Patient is 40 years old.
01:33
Okay, I don't know if we'll be able to get it generator extension cord quite that fast, but we will work on it.
01:41
We're on the phone right now with maintenance.
01:45
What is your ETA?
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Location mentioned:
Hospital Campus, 2142 N Cove Blvd, Toledo, OH 43606
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