Use of calcium in brady-asystolic arrest (i)

✍ Scribed by Peter W. Vann; Mike Coulter; John Biner; Allison Duke; Jonathan Wasserberger; Subramaniam Balasubramaniam

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 206 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80443-5

✦ Synopsis

Fluid resuscitation was initiated with lactated Ringer's solution and Plasmanate ®. The patient at no time became tachycardic, much to the vexation of the emergency department and surgical staff. At laparotomy, 1,500 cc of blood was present in the peritoneum, secondary to a ruptured left tubal pregnancy.

One wonders how commonly this finding, xe, normal pulse rate m the presence of massive hemorrhage, occurs.