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Cardiac Arrest
Intermediate
12 minute stationAsystolic Arrest at Home, 88-Year-Old Female
Dispatch
Cat 1 — 88-year-old female found unresponsive by carer, no CPR in progress on arrival of crew.
On arrival
Patient found in bed, cold peripherally, no signs of life. Carer unsure how long she had been unwell. No ReSPECT form immediately visible.
Initial observations
- Rhythm
- On the monitor — interpret the strip below
- Airway
- Managed with supraglottic device
- EtCO2
- 1.8 kPa
- Pulse
- Absent
- Pupils
- Fixed and dilated
- Downtime
- Unknown, estimated significant
Monitor, lead II — first rhythm check
Interpret the trace yourself — the mark sheet expects your rate, rhythm, axis and ST analysis, not a written finding.