title: Ventricular fibrillation initiated by an electrocution injury and terminated by an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
abstract: A 52-year-old man with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) was accidentally electrocuted when a flagpole he was erecting contacted an overhead electrical power line. The electrocution injury initiated ventricular fibrillation. The ICD sensed the arrhythmia and delivered therapy, converting his rhythm to sinus rhythm. The patient had no subsequent cardiac or neurological sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Earl K. Long Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Baton Rouge, USA.
authors.forename: John Nelson
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Perret
authors.forename: Taylor Wells
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Sarah Baillio
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: d'Autremont
authors.forename: Henry Carr
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*