4-11-2000

A while back I had written about how I was able to skate on all of the transports
and that there would come a time
that it would catch up to me.

Well today is the day...

I was out of town on back to back to back transports
from nine thirty in the morning
till around six in the evening.
I had a feeling it was a
"keep carl from eating conspiracy"
but that may have just been crazy hypoglycemia talk...
Then...
as we arrive back in  town from westlake
we were at taco bell trying to get a Chalupa
as we pulled away from the restaurant
we were toned out on an emergency.

Can't I even eat?!

A cardiac arrest less than a minute away.
no time to eat on the way
(have you ever eaten a cold chalupa? not as good as a cold gordita...)

When we arrive on scene and enter the house
we see a man in his forties on the floor
with his wife beating on his chest!
She is asian and has a speach pattern like jar jar binks
which I find easy to understand
( Probably because I have seen Star Wars episode one too many times)

Ken does a quick look with the monitor
and finds the pt is in v-fib.
ken delivers 200 joules
and cardioverts him into a brady rhythm
I initiate an I.V. and the pt converts back to v-fib
Ken shocks with 360 joules
and converts to a sinus rhythm.
100 of lidocaine on board ,
and the pt has a pulse and is breathing.

By the time we are at the hospital
the pt is alert and disoriented
but can answer questions
and in typical Elyria fashion
he is complaining!


I know that statisticly
coming back from a cardiac arrest is unlikely !
early cpr is important as is early defib.
(sometimes even the earliest intervention is not enough)
but it is nice when it works!

As if someone "up there"
had said good job boys!
ken and I did not do another call the rest of the shift.
(except for a trip to vaughns to pick up a vehicle.)
and that was a good thing!
the only other interuptions were the three personal phone calls that fng-3-po had recieved after midnight.
He was there covering tammy's shift because she is still out of service.











I don't care if you are up all night on the phone...
that is none of my bussiness
but if some one calls in to the station after eleven pm it becomes my bussiness.
It had better be an emergency
or the boss.
because...
if you are working at lifecare
you have a pager
use it!