Patient was a coronary artery bypass graft x3 and post-op vasoplegia.Upon entrance to room lost blood pressure and pea (pulseless electrical activity) arrested.Dr.And rn were running the defibrillator.They finally got the patient into vfib, which was a shakable rhythm.The doctor asked them to charge and shock.The rn was unable to get the defibrillator to charge, or deliver a shock.All the cable connections were checked, and they were fine.After checking the defibrillator, it was noted that it was in sync mode.The rn was trying to cardiovert the patient instead of defibrillating him, but didn't recognize this.By the time we got it switched over, and charged again the patient already had gone back into pea, and we missed our opportunity.
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