Cardiac Emergencies

Heart attacks, chest pain, cardiac arrest

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Cardiac Scenarios

9 Easy
5 Medium
2 Hard
Cardiac Arrest at Shopping Mall

Dispatch: 60-year-old male, unresponsive at shopping mall. Bystander CPR in progress.

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Congestive Heart Failure with Pulmonary Edema

Dispatch: 78-year-old female with difficulty breathing. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Syncopal Episode in Elderly Patient

Dispatch: 82-year-old male who fainted at church. Patient is now conscious and breathing.

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Chest Pain After Exercise at Gym

Dispatch: 52-year-old male with chest pain at fitness center. Patient stopped exercising and is sitting down.

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Patient with Pacemaker Feeling Dizzy

Dispatch: 65-year-old male feeling dizzy and weak. Patient has a pacemaker.

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Severe Nosebleed with High Blood Pressure

Dispatch: 58-year-old male with nosebleed that won't stop. Patient is conscious.

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Elderly Patient with Chest Discomfort

Dispatch: 72-year-old female with chest discomfort. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Elderly Woman Feeling Weak and Dizzy

Dispatch: 78-year-old female feeling weak and dizzy. Patient is conscious.

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Crushing Chest Pain with Radiation

Dispatch: 62-year-old male with chest pain. Patient is conscious, pain started 20 minutes ago. Wife called 911.

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55-Year-Old Male with Chest Pain

Dispatch: 55-year-old male complaining of chest pain. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Rapid Atrial Fibrillation with RVR

Dispatch: 68-year-old female complaining of palpitations and dizziness. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Hypertensive Emergency with Altered Mental Status

Dispatch: You are dispatched to a residence for a 58-year-old male complaining of severe headache and confusion.

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Sudden Rapid Heart Rate

Dispatch: 26-year-old female complaining of rapid heart rate and dizziness. Patient is conscious and breathing.

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Elderly Patient with Weakness and Slow Heart Rate

Dispatch: 78-year-old female with weakness and near-syncope. Family states she has been increasingly weak over the past day. Patient is conscious.

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Sudden Chest and Back Pain

Dispatch: 68-year-old male with sudden onset severe chest and back pain. Patient is conscious and alert. Blood pressure reported as very high.

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Cardiogenic Shock

Dispatch: 67-year-old male, chest pain and difficulty breathing

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