Calm Before the Storm: A Tale of Surviving the Twister

Have you ever thought about how many shocks your defibrillation pads can administer? What about how many times a patient can survive being defibrillated without causing irreversible damage? Come help us weather the storm as we discuss recurrent and refractory arrythmias in this Choose Your Own Adventure case review. The audience will lead the direction of patient care in this real life case review by answering interactive poll questions which will prompt discussions surrounding; diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis of recurrent ventricular arrhythmias, ECG interpretation as it pertains to directing care, comparing pharmacologic agents (to include those antiarrhythmic medications in ACLS we never use), sympatholytic strategies, Hail Mary treatments, operational decision making, and outside the box thinking in the transport environment. The focus of this session is to develop clinical decision making surrounding the treatment of a 60-year-old male with seizures complicated by multiple ventricular arrythmias, and a few other twists!