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Case Reports
Just the facts: Organ donation in the emergency department: When you can't save one, save eight.
- Jennifer Hancock, Simon Huang, and Samara Zavalkoff.
- Department of Critical Care, Dalhousie University, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Halifax, NS.
- Can J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar 1; 22 (2): 155-158.
AbstractA 16-year-old female presents to a community emergency room following a suicide attempt by hanging. Prehospital, on arrival of paramedics, the patient was in a pulseless electrical activity rhythm. Paramedics provided advanced cardiac life support for 20 minutes before they obtained return of spontaneous circulation. In the emergency department, she had another 25-minute cardiac arrest with ultimate return of spontaneous circulation. She is now hemodynamically stable on Levophed 0.2 µg/kg/min. Her neurological exam shows pupils to be 3 mm and fixed bilaterally, absent cough and gag, and no response to central or peripheral pain. She occasionally triggers 2-3 spontaneous breaths per minute above the set rate on the ventilator. Her CT head scan shows severe anoxic changes and cerebral edema.
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