V-Fib leading to Asystole – 67-year old male
EMS was dispatched for a 67-year-old male who was weak and diaphoretic after returning home from shopping. The patient was alert and talking when EMS arrived but became unresponsive with agonal respiration. The patient was found to be in ventricular fibrillation and was shocked at 200 joules but remained in VF. Manual CPR was initiated […]
Overdose – 25-year old female
Female patient went into cardiac arrest in a car. Police and fire placed her on the EleGARD™ System and performed manual ACD CPR with an ITD, and gave her Narcan for a possible drug overdose. She was in VF, an unusual rhythm for a drug overdose. She started to breathe and move her eyes once […]
SCA with co-morbidities – 80-year old male
Patient with a history of severe coronary artery disease, an implantable defibrillator, and kidney and liver transplants went into cardiac arrest at home. His implanted internal defibrillator shocked him but was not successful. EMS responded and placed him on the EleGARD™ System and performed CPR with a LUCAS chest compression device and an ITD. After […]
Witnessed SCA – 55-year old male
55-year old male had a sudden cardiac arrest in his home. The arrest was witnessed by his wife and dispatch-assisted CPR was started immediately. Police and EMS arrived and started high-quality manual CPR, and shocked the patient with an AED, with no response. A supraglottic airway and ITD were placed within 2 minutes of EMS […]
Spontaneous Artery Dissection – 44 year old female
Female patient with no prior history went into cardiac arrest at work. She was treated with bystander CPR and an AED, remaining in VF cardiac arrest. EMS responded and placed her on the EleGARD™ System, which they had adopted only two weeks prior. The team performed CPR with a LUCAS chest compression device and used […]
Warm Water Drowning – 15 year old male
15-year old male fell into a warm water pool and was under water for more than 10 minutes. Police and fire responders pulled him out, placed him on the EleGARD™ System and performed manual ACD-CPR with an ITD. After 15 minutes of the delivery of this treatment, he started to breath and had a pulse. […]
Widow-maker Lesion – 60-year old male
Patient went into cardiac arrest at the Minneapolis airport. Other passengers witnessed the arrest and TSA workers performed manual CPR and applied an AED but it was not successful. Airport Fire First Responders placed him on the EleGARD™ Patient Positioning System nine minutes after his collapse and performed manual active compression decompression CPR (ACD CPR) […]