Episode Details

This is the first of 4 scenarios where the paramedics respond to an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In this first scenario, the patient is already in rigor mortis, and the paramedic must explain why they are not initiating CPR. 

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TimeStamps

Daniela explains the scenario

2:19

Dialogue between roommate and paramedic

2:49 

Vocabulario 

Scenario

4:24

Rigor Mortis

6:31

Pre-existing conditions

12:26 

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