Electrical Injury
1yo M found unresposive after mother heard a loud bang while doing laundry in a laundromat. Patient found to be in ventricular fibrillation with a burn on his hand. Also has a cervical spine injury from blunt trauma during electrocution.
Electrical Injury Case Outline PDF
Electrical Injury Teaching Debrief Powerpoint
Critical Actions:
Recognition and management of ventricular fibrillation
Endotracheal intubation with cervical spine protection
Recognition of electrical injury and cervical spine injuries