Use of epinephrine in cardiac arrest
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I do have partial block of the right leg of the His cluster, but this supposedly occurs in 20% of people and is not considered an illness, the only contradiction being I could never be a professional athlete. I had never before encountered any heart-related issues.
So I would be delighted to be able to write about post-operative pain or even have some to some degree, but I don't!!!
Hope this makes you feel better about getting through your wife's post-operative pain.
In general the only needles that may be uncapped that go into the sharps are bicarb, epinephrine and other cardiac drugs used during an arrest that are only inserted into the tubing of the intravenous line. Years ago needles were placed directly into the box, but even then the liklihood of contracting HIV, even with an actual needle stick were very small.
t know if I would go so far as to say you are going into cardiac arrest the fact that you are sensing a long pause of some sort needs to be investigated. Please visit your doctor to get reevaluated. If you do not have any other troubling symptoms that may be a good sign you have nothing to worry about but please do go get checked out, a doctor really needs to make that call. Take care and keep us posted on how you are doing.
Someone I know recently suffered a Cardiac Arrest in the Critial Care Unit of a hospital. While I am uncertain about length of time the medical team responded to him, I am assuming it was within 1-3 minutes. His heart began beating after 20 minutes after the team began the rescussication procedures. After 24 hours of having the Induced Hypothermia Technique utilized, his heart begun beating on its own. Given the circumstances, what would the probabale outcome be with respect to brain injury?
Sorry to hear of your daughter's condition. I answered your question regarding cardiac arrest meaning on the other post. I don't believe your daughter's diagnosis is cardiac arrest, as that event is almost always fatal if not treated within minutes of the episode.
You may be referring to heart failure, and that condition can be successfully treated.
In 2001 I suffered a massive MI and a prolonged cardiac arrest. It was some 45 mins before they got a regular sustained rhythmn again, I was "defibrillated" several times and they even went beyond protocol to save me. Fortunately for me they did. However, ever since then I have felt different. My memory which used to be a particular strength of mine was weaker, and my ability to multitask almost went overnight. I often forget peoples names or the next word that I want to say.
Cardiac arrest indicates the heart has stopped beating. Heart failure is a condition of the heart's inability to pump adequately and can lead to cardiac arrest. An arrhythmia is condition of irregular heartbeats and can lead to cardiac arrest as well.
Thanks for your question and take care.
Now, a leading doctor at this hospital claims that there is no way a head trauma like the one experienced, or any for that matter, could cause the victim to enter cardiac arrest. The view is that this victim had to have had entered cardiac arrest possibly while running or at some point along the way, but NOT from the actual head trauma. Maybe hereditary condition (but unbeknownst to individual).
I'm thinking cardiac arrest isn't the actual term they used? Cardiac arrest is a heart attack. But in general, it sounds like you had yourself checked out and they couldn't find any heart health issues? Are you sure it's your blood vessels? Why do you think that? Muscles (and we have gazillions, even super tiny little one) twitching is very common. That can be due to fatigue, anxiety or even too much caffeine.
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