SURVIVAL AFTER LONG-TERM CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION THROUGH RECEIVING 55 TIMES OF DEFIBRILLATION SHOCK

Abstract

A 46-year-old man with severe chest pain without a clear medical history of cardiac ischemia was admitted to emergency ward of Ayatollah Madani hospital in Khoy city, Iran. The patient was diagnosed with possible acute coronary syndromes and located in the first level of triage. After early interventions in the emergency ward, he was transferred to the coronary care unit. After half an hour, the patient was suffering from primary ventricular fibrillation. Advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started without delay, then the patient survived after three hours of receiving CPR and 55 times of defibrillation shock.