Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Jan 2014
Case Reports[Transcripts from automated external defibrillator are important].
We report a case where a 16-year-old girl with diabetes who suffered aborted cardiac arrest. Out of hospital the patient received a shock from an automated external defibrillator (AED) due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). ⋯ After referral to another hospital the AED transcript was read and the patient received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Transcripts from AEDs used in the resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest should always be analysed in order to optimize the diagnostic process and secure correct treatment.
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The purpose of this article was to review the existing evidence on emergency treatment of chemical eye burns. Clinical studies show that patients receiving prompt eye irrigation after chemical burns had a significantly better clinical outcome. ⋯ Two of three studies showed that tap water significantly lowered pH as well, but only if it was administered within 60 seconds after exposure. Saline, however, did not cause any significant decrease in pH at all.