Tag Joshua J. Davis

Questions and answers Case: You arrive on scene to find a 69-year-old female with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and heart failure and an implantable defibrillator with a pacemaker. She called because her defibrillator shocked her. 1…

Questions and Answers 1 You arrive on the scene at a local restaurant to find a 65-year-old gentleman who reportedly had a witnessed cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started by bystanders. How common is out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? 350,000 patients…