title: Cardiac arrest as a result of ventricular tachycardia in a trauma patient.
abstract: Cardiac arrest is classified based on whether it is treatable using defibrillation or not. It is classified as shockable rhythm (ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, or non-shockable (asystole and pulseless electrical activity). We present a case of a 72-year-old male Saudi patient not known to have any medical illness that was involved in a road traffic accident. He was brought in dead on arrival, and initially managed as a case of trauma, only to discover later that he had ventricular tachycardia just before the trauma. He was successfully resuscitated and discharged after 8 days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, PO Box 641, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. garahman1@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ganiyu A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Abdullah H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Al Haizaey
authors.forename: Abdelaziz D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Al-Soudi
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*