PSCCQ successfully save the life of a 42 years old man after suffered from heart attack

Thursday, July 4, 2019

 

 

 

 

Doctors at the Prince Sultan Cardiac Center Qassim managed to rescue a patient who had been in the emergency department of King Fahd Specialist Hospital. The 42 years old patient was complaining of chest pain while in the emergency room and suddenly the patient loss his consciousness. The team in the department immediately started performed CPR for 25 minutes and hereafter the patient regain his consciousness.

The patient was then immediately brought to the Cardiac Cath Laboratory wherein Dr. Murtada Hussein Cardiologist Consultant, said that the medical team of PSCCQ decide to performed Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) a non- surgical procedure used to treat narrowing (stenosis) of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease.  

Thereafter the patient was transferred to CCU and stay for 8 days for further treatment and observation.  The patient has responded well with the treatment and was discharged from the hospital completely fine. The patient was advised to come after 1 month.

It is worthy to note that this kind of success happened when you have skilled and well trained staff to handle this kind of situation.