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Acute Care of the Electrocuted Patient

A 30-year-old male without significant past medical history presented as a code blue after high voltage electrocution. The patient was working as a technician servicing high tension wires when he had a witnessed electrocution. Bystander CPR was initiated immediately; EMS arrived shortly thereafter and found the patient pulseless and asystolic. ACLS was initiated and a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was placed. On arrival in the emergency department, the patient was pulseless and asystolic…

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