5th July 2026

A 25-year-old man was rushed to the Emergency Department after suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

A 25-year-old man was rushed to the Emergency Department after suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated, and two cycles of unsynchronised DC cardioversion were delivered after the patient was found to be in ventricular fibrillation. An ECG was performed, which showed epsilon waves in lead V1 and T wave inversions in V2-V6 and II-aVF. 

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