Adult Idiopathic Ileocolonic Intussusception: A Case Report.

Abdominal pain is a common chief complaint seen in the emergency department (ED), both in adult and pediatric populations. In pediatric emergency medicine, one diagnosis that is often considered is intussusception; in adult emergency medicine, this is typically less common. The classic teaching in adults is that the most common cause of intussusception is malignancy.

Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation Successfully Cardioverted With Dual Sequential Defibrillation.

Background: Current guidelines for the treatment of adult patients in cardiac arrest are supplied by the American Heart Association through basic life support and advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS) provider courses. When treatments defined by the ACLS guidelines are unsuccessful in terminating a lethal dysrhythmia, the use of alternative strategies may prove useful. In this case, two defibrillators were used to deliver a greater than normal energy waveform over an extended time interval to return a patient to a normal sinus rhythm.