PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rahman, Ganiyu A.
AU  - Al Haizaey, Abdullah H.
AU  - Al-Soudi, Abdelaziz D.
TI  - Cardiac arrest as a result of ventricular tachycardia in a trauma patient.
DP  - 2011 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 525--527
VI  - 32
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/32/5/525.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/32/5/525.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2011 May 01; 32
AB  - 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.