LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington Fire Department ambulance crew was credited with two life-saving incidents on back-to-back shifts during separate emergency calls.
On social media, the department said that on the first call, the crew from Station 9 responded to a man who developed chest pain after running five miles while training for a marathon. The patient was alert and speaking when crews arrived, but coded while being transported to the hospital.
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A member of Engine Company 21 joined the crew in the ambulance as the patient was found to be in polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. The crew administered multiple shocks and several medications. A STEMI alert had already been activated, and when the patient coded, the crew communicated with a cardiologist who was waiting at the bedside on arrival. The patient achieved return of spontaneous circulation and was taken to the cath lab.
On the next duty day, the Station 9 crew responded to another critically ill patient after Engine Company 22 arrived first and briefed the crew. The patient was experiencing a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and went into ventricular fibrillation five times en route to the emergency room. The patient was defibrillated five times, and a lidocaine drip was started after arrival at the hospital. The patient was then taken directly to the cath lab to address a 90% occlusion.
