Successful management of severe exertional heat stroke complicated by ventricular fibrillation in 19 years old male
| Autor: | Roland Podlewski, Tomasz Kłosiewicz, Natalia Ciepluch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Emergency Medical Services
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Heatstroke Sudden cardiac arrest Disease Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Full recovery Internal medicine Ventricular fibrillation Emergency Medicine medicine Cardiology medicine.symptom business Stroke |
| Zdroj: | Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal. |
| ISSN: | 2543-5957 2451-4691 |
| Popis: | Heatstroke is a heat-related disease that is highly fatal. However, it is significant that if symptoms are quickly recognized, the outcome remains satisfactory. In this paper, the authors present the case of a 19-year-old physical worker in whom heatstroke was complicated by cardiac arrest. The proper action and full diagnosis of the underlying cause of cardiac arrest allowed for a full recovery. Attention was also drawn to the lack of appropriate equipment for active cooling and potential use of automatic chest compressions devices. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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