Successful resuscitation of a patient in asystole after a TASER injury using a hypothermia protocol.

Am J Emerg Med

Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8072, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Published: May 2009

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New studies have shown the benefit of initiating a hypothermia protocol in the survivors of cardiac arrest. Although the data have shown an improved neurologic end point in patients initially in ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia, there is still debate about whether patients initially in other rhythms would benefit from hypothermia after return of spontaneous circulation. This is a report of a 17-year-old male found to be in asystole after sustaining a TASER injury, who was treated with a hypothermia protocol after return of spontaneous circulation and left the hospital with intact neurologic function.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2008.07.042DOI Listing

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