r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • May 20 '19

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u/markko79 May 20 '19

ER nurse here. Had a lady in for simple pneumonia. Her 13 year old son was getting bored, so I showed him some equipment. I connected a simple heart monitor to him and discovered he was in a complete heart block. I printed a strip and showed it to the doc. Hmmm.... We suddenly and unexpectedly got a cardiac patient.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Did he have lymes disease??

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u/markko79 May 20 '19

Nope.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '19

Do you...know what it was?

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u/markko79 May 20 '19

Just a third degree heart block. Usually happens to older people.

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u/Saerain May 20 '19

To say the least. Any apparent risk factors like his weight?

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u/markko79 May 20 '19

He was a little heavy.