Series 4, Episode 7
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Wednesday July 23
8:00pm
This week on MEDICAL EMERGENCY, doctors have to stop a man’s heart, a four-year-old has dropped an axe on his toe and a professional jockey has a horrendous accident.
A 43-year old man is suffering from a dangerously high heart rate. Mate’s heart is pumping at more than 240 beats a minute, nearly four times the normal rate. Attempts by trauma staff to slow his heart using the drug Adenosine do not work. If the second dose fails, they are going to have to take more extreme measures.
In Sydney’s St George hospital, four-year old Aden has been brought in by ambulance after dropping an axe on his toe.
A 25-year-old jockey has been flown to the Alfred Hospital after a fall during a trial race in Balnarring. Staff are concerned his painful ankle injury could mask the symptoms of something more sinister. Scans of Leigh’s neck come back and the news is not good.
Paramedics are called to a code one emergency. The family of a chronically ill man suspect he is suffering from a stroke. John, who is bed-ridden, has cancer and is also a diabetic. The paramedic quickly confirms that Colin is actually suffering from hypoglycaemia or low blood sugar. Ensuring John is hydrated and keeping his sugar levels stable is a full time job for his carer, wife Kathleen. With his levels going up slower than paramedics would like they decide the only course of action is to hospitalise him.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY is narrated by Chris Gabardi.
Does anyone know what this condition suffered by Mate is called? I suffered something identical two years ago.
I suffered extreme heart rate soar whilst in a five star restaurant in India. There was a scandal involving contaminated bottled water and soft drinks at the time so I opted for a half glass of wine with my food. I took a couple of bites of the food (very mild well cooked) and a sip of the wine. I went bright magenta red and my heart rate went VERY extremely high. I was in a lot of pain. I had been discharged from hospital a several days previously and was on some anti infection medications. I had been given no advice/warnings re what I could/could not do eat, drink etc by the doctor or the pharmacist nor my medically trained relative.
I was in terrible pain for hours. My foreign relatives' answer - put me in the hotel resort lobby, leave me to die and go back and casually finish their meal. No response to my plea for medical help. When the meal was finished they came out - I was still alive. They bundled me in the car abusing me for having spoiled their day and drove a long road journey to where we were staying. Again, no response to my pleas to see a doctor just abuse for spoiling their day. On arrival at where we were staying, again no medical help - not even allowed to rest on a bed. Over the hours of agony(about six or more),I used the Buteyko breathing method to very gradually slow my heart rate and meditation techniques/prayer - it is no small miracle I survived. I walked to a doctor by myself later that night. He thought I had probably suffered some sort of reaction to something!
I had no idea what I had suffered just knew I was very, very gravely ill. This report on Medical Emergency is the first I have seen or heard of anything like what I suffered.
I would very much like more information as I have suffered, comparatively speaking, some VERY mild bouts of 'tachycardia' (?raised heart rate?) since this event.
It would be a big help in my treatment.
8 Aug 08 at 9:27 am
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