Citation

Stockwell B, Bellis G, Morton G, Chung K, Merton WL, Andrews N, Smith GB. Resuscitation 2009; 80(7): 832-834.

Affiliation

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.010

PMID

19446388

Abstract

Despite clear guidance for the need for rescuers to avoid contact with a patient during external defibrillation, the advice regarding the potential dangers of rescuer contact during the firing of an internal cardioverter defibrillator [ICD] generally implies that such contact is safe. This case report describes documented nerve injury to a rescuer by a shock delivered from an ICD during chest compression on a patient in cardiac arrest. The authors also discuss the existing literature on the subject and make suggestions for future management.

Language: en