A middle-aged man presented to the ED with chest pain for the past 2 hours. This is his EKG. What’s your next move? If you look at the anterior leads, you’ll notice upsloping ST depressions and tall, symmetric, prominent t waves. This pattern is known as De Winter’s T wave pattern. […]
“Twice As Nice”: Dual Sequential Defibrillation
Posted onThe Stats: 350,000 out-of hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA)/209,000 in hospital cardiac arrests (IHCA) each year (2016) Majority of cases have a primary cardiac etiology with vfib as presenting rhythm So SHOCK IT!…..Survival Rate: OHCA 12%/IHCA 24.8 Enters Dual Sequential Defibrillation (DSD) Research previously conducted in animals. In 1986 Chang et al showed that DSD […]