New Heart Problem

[Scott Millington (BCT)]

Hi there,

We had a 30-something year old woman code at a "Canada Day" Parade.  Luckily for her there was an off duty RN that started CPR, our time to scene was 3 minutes (enroute and call originated time was the same) and to top it all off this was the first day of our region's defibrillation program (Heartstart 3000).

1 day, 1 save...what a statistical winfall for the funding folks.  My partner was the attendant for this call and did all the work, but I was along to make for a more photogenic EMS crew. :)

The reason I am writing this is that it was later discovered that she had long QT syndrome, as had most of her family...none of her relatives had previously lived past 40.

Sorry, I don't have any link to trauma this time.

Scott Millington
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scoliosis99@aol.com [mailto:Scoliosis99@aol.com]
Sent: 2000-07-01 02:43
To: trauma-list@trauma.org
Subject: Re: New Heart Problem



    That's called "Long QT syndrome" Most of the deaths are found in teenager 
when their alarm goes off or they hear a loud bell ect. Researchers do know 
that Long QT Syndrome is inherited. The best way to test to see if you have 
it is by EKG. The doctor will look at the QT segment to see if its prolonged. 
The most research (to my knowledge) is being done in Salt Lake at the LDS 
hospital.


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