'She was dead, and they brought her back' — paramedics revived pregnant woman after she 'coded'

[Omaha Steve]

REBECCA S. GRATZ/THE WORLD-HERALD
Anna Cardenas, 24, of Fremont, talks with cardiologist Shane F. Tsai and her mother, Maribel Cardenas, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. After Anna collapsed, she had a new type of defibrillator implanted to shock her heart back into rhythm in case of another event.

http://www.livewellnebraska.com/health/kelly-she-was-dead-and-they-brought-her-back-paramedics/article_90d8b0bf-3cb4-543f-89d0-c9dcb7f591a9.html

Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2015 1:00 am
By Michael Kelly / World-Herald columnist

Seven weeks before her due date, the young woman felt chest pain, dizziness and a rapid heart rate — and then collapsed on the bathroom floor.

Her family frantically called 911. Six minutes later, paramedic Dylan LaMontia knelt over her and reported to his captain: “No pulse!”

Capt. Jamie Meyer of the Fremont Fire Department, who helped slide her on a blanket to the living room, feared the worst. She had “coded” and was lifeless.

“Her skin color was horrible,” Meyer said. “It’s a total anomaly to have a 24-year-old who codes. And then she is eight months pregnant.”



REBECCA S. GRATZ
Cardiologist Shane F. Tsai holds a strip from when paramedics used a defibrillator to restart Anna Cardenas’ heart. The left portion shows Cardenas’ ineffective pulse, followed by a spike in the center that shows the shock from the defibrillator.


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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. The paramedics got to her in time......and saved both lives. Hers and her baby's. Fantastic! n/t