I had a new admit the other day. She was in 3rd degree heart block, but was AAOx3 with a heart rate in the 40's. Within the hour, she went into torsades, and then into vtach. A code was called, and just before we shocked her, she converted back to the prior rhythm.
She then woke up, the code team around her with paddles in hand, and the first words out of her mouth were "Man, I only got to sleep." :rotfl:
I was wondering if anyone else had funny things said during a code. :chuckle
I had a funny one...I ws new to CV and it was the done thing to get ALL patients up in a chair by 6am...so I did all the prep work...a couple of test dangles and then the big move....all lines remain in when we walk them to the chair...so he is a pretty young guy and has no problems at all ...I get him settled...feet up tray to the side television on remote in hand and I look up and ask him if he needs anything else....he starts growling at me...like a very angry dog...with foam...a lot of foam and growling......he is foaming at the mouth and I begin to freak out....all I can think is holy cr** this guy has rabies...I move away slowly and check the monitor....sinus, BP...way too high...I step into the hall and yell for help...a crowd comes flying into the room....and they all stop and start backing up....he is really really really growling now and the foam has become cartoonish...it is everywhere
It was surreal...then the monitor alarmed asystole...I was never so relieved to see asystole in my life.......so as a group we all grap a limb and lift him towards the bed...except the bed is too high...so we count one two three...on three we were supposed to lift him up high enough to get him into the bed....we missed and he clanged into the side railing...........silence
then a small voice..".I'm okay."...it was the mad growler...fine once again
Doctors..neuro..CT...nothing......mother comes in and she reveals the big secret...he had seizures as a kid...deep growly ones.....hadn't had one in 15 years....nobody thought to mention it....we still don't understand what set him off but he had two more and ended up with a pacemaker/defib just in case.
Hmmm, thought and thought about it, but sorry, can't think of anything funny during a code. Working in ER, full arrests are usually kinda hectic. I guess the only thing thats funny is when someone else gets the full arrest that comes in at 0655 when your shift is over at 0700. haha now THAT's funny!
moia
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I had a funny one...I ws new to CV and it was the done thing to get ALL patients up in a chair by 6am...so I did all the prep work...a couple of test dangles and then the big move....all lines remain in when we walk them to the chair...so he is a pretty young guy and has no problems at all ...I get him settled...feet up tray to the side television on remote in hand and I look up and ask him if he needs anything else....he starts growling at me...like a very angry dog...with foam...a lot of foam and growling......he is foaming at the mouth and I begin to freak out....all I can think is holy cr** this guy has rabies...I move away slowly and check the monitor....sinus, BP...way too high...I step into the hall and yell for help...a crowd comes flying into the room....and they all stop and start backing up....he is really really really growling now and the foam has become cartoonish...it is everywhere
It was surreal...then the monitor alarmed asystole...I was never so relieved to see asystole in my life.......so as a group we all grap a limb and lift him towards the bed...except the bed is too high...so we count one two three...on three we were supposed to lift him up high enough to get him into the bed....we missed and he clanged into the side railing...........silence
then a small voice..".I'm okay."...it was the mad growler...fine once again
Doctors..neuro..CT...nothing......mother comes in and she reveals the big secret...he had seizures as a kid...deep growly ones.....hadn't had one in 15 years....nobody thought to mention it....we still don't understand what set him off but he had two more and ended up with a pacemaker/defib just in case.