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Originally Posted by jediwill83
Yeah..worked a sad code on a elderly man in a nursing home..he had a pacemaker put in that day and was vomiting...instead of keeping him for observation they sent him back to the nursing home that day where he coded...we arrived got him on the truck...was the first time I had done compressions on a person before...was sobering...just kept thinking "If he was having trouble like this WHY did they send him back?" In Bro. Arnolds case he had scratches on his neck from them frantically trying to get a carotid pulse...From what I have personally heard from reliable eye witnesses that were there is that he was pale and dizzy during the sermon and even before preaching...and had gotten out of breath...he preached and commented several times how he was feeling....he called a alter call and was sitting and passed out....was revived then started having bad trouble breathing and vomited and collapsed...Like I said I know the 3 RN's involved...I mean you are in a church service and this happens I can see where you are going to be torn between praying and jumping into action with your medical skills.When you are on the ambulance or in the ER working...you are prepared to see things like this..you understand that you are in this environment that deals with sickness and death and you are trained for it...you have time to mentally "Put your game face on".... but out of nowhere in a church service?It takes a sec to switch gears...
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Do you know if there was or wasn't CPR? I'm a bit confused on that point.
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