in Lviv, an ambulance crew rescued a patient on the way
In Lviv, an ambulance crew rescued a patient on the way
Lviv Regional Center for Emergency Medical Aid and Disaster Medicine
A team of paramedics from Zolochiv took an extremely serious patient to a hospital in Lviv.
On the way to the hospital, his heart stopped 13 times, told in the Lviv Regional Center of Emergency Medical Aid and Disaster Medicine.
Paramedics arrived on call to a man who complained of burning pain in his chest. After the examination, they established the diagnosis: “Acute coronary syndrome, cardiogenic shock.”
Paramedic Orest Levitsky, who saved the patient
Lviv Regional Center for Emergency Medical Aid and Disaster Medicine
After providing the necessary medical care, the doctors decided to transport the patient to the cariological center.
“On the way, the patient’s condition deteriorated sharply, there was a sudden stop of blood circulation. In total, there were 13 of them while we were traveling to Lviv. They were all successfully revived and 21 defibrillations were performed“, says paramedic Orest Levitskyi.
The patient in a serious but stable condition was taken to a specialized medical institution in Lviv.
We will remind, recently in Lviv conducted a rare transplant, during which a man’s heart and kidney were transplanted at the same time.