Okay, so I wrote a script. If you don't want to answer then don't. I've asked this question before, but I changed the background information. I want to make sure the story is in accordance with reality.
A young girl's Long QT Syndrome goes undiagnosed. She plays soccer. One morning. during a soccer match, the girl faints and falls to the floor.
The referee checks for responsiveness. The young girl does not answer. The referee puts two fingers under her nose to check her breath. The referee then puts two fingers on the girl’s neck to check her pulse.
The referee finishes checking her pulse. He lays her ear against her chest. Her heart is beating fast.
The coach out her cell phone and dials 911.
The referee places the girl in recovery position.
The sound of an ambulance siren fades in. EMS arrives on the scene. When they arrive, Elisha is found without a pulse. A paramedic turns Elisha on her back. He opens the girl’s mouth to check for foreign objects. He quickly attaches the defibrillator pads. He begins to perform CPR. He performs CPR. He repeats five cycles of CPR for about two minutes before assessing rhythm for possible repeat of defibrillation. Struggling to establish a heartbeat, paramedics decide to take her to the hospital.
Once in the hospital, the girl is red-lined for the emergency department for resuscitation. The girl is taken to a room inside the emergency room. The doctors there try to resuscitate Elisha. Not able to successfully resuscitate the girl, the doctors pronounce her dead.
A young girl's Long QT Syndrome goes undiagnosed. She plays soccer. One morning. during a soccer match, the girl faints and falls to the floor.
The referee checks for responsiveness. The young girl does not answer. The referee puts two fingers under her nose to check her breath. The referee then puts two fingers on the girl’s neck to check her pulse.
The referee finishes checking her pulse. He lays her ear against her chest. Her heart is beating fast.
The coach out her cell phone and dials 911.
The referee places the girl in recovery position.
The sound of an ambulance siren fades in. EMS arrives on the scene. When they arrive, Elisha is found without a pulse. A paramedic turns Elisha on her back. He opens the girl’s mouth to check for foreign objects. He quickly attaches the defibrillator pads. He begins to perform CPR. He performs CPR. He repeats five cycles of CPR for about two minutes before assessing rhythm for possible repeat of defibrillation. Struggling to establish a heartbeat, paramedics decide to take her to the hospital.
Once in the hospital, the girl is red-lined for the emergency department for resuscitation. The girl is taken to a room inside the emergency room. The doctors there try to resuscitate Elisha. Not able to successfully resuscitate the girl, the doctors pronounce her dead.
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A coach would not put his head on her chest if he just took her pulse. He probably would not check breathing like that either. Checking for foreign objects would not exactly be a priority-they would probably start by using a bag-valve-mask and see if air went in-the chest rises & falls. (as they position the head to open the airway). Look up when someone is defibrillated--they are only defibrillated if in V-fib/tachyventricular rates that deteriorate. Asystole is not defibrillated, so do not have the shocking her with a flat line. The paramedics do "not decide" to take her to the hospital (as if they had a choice)-they would take her to the hospital. Yes they can pass out and then eventually deteriorate into V fib like rhythms.