Your assessment reveals a pulseless, apneic patient. A 34 year old woman with a history of supraventricular tachycardiais brought into the emergency department. She is lethargic, pale, and diaphoretic. Her heart rate is 190 beats per minute and her blood pressure is 70 mmHg palpable. Her ECG reveals recurrence of her supraventricular tachycardia.
Supplemental oxygen is supplied.
A 55 year old woman with a history of angina has a complaint of chest pain for 45 minutes. While you are performing synchronized cardioversion, the patient suddenly develops ventricular fibrillation. A 70 kg patient with a recent myocardial infarctionis in the Coronary Care Unit. He develops a ventricular tachycardia and immediately loses consciousness. He is pulseless and not breathing.