Older female relatives of Covid-19 patients have an unsatisfactory perception of emergency room performance by clinical staf

Flecainide is a class I antiarrhythmic used for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias with mild adverse reactions. We present case report in 78-year-old male that came to the emergency department atrial fibrillation and was subsequently treated flecainide. During infusion, patient went into cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed until return of spontaneous circulation achieved after 1min 40 seconds. Conclusion. Some trials, like The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST), consider flecainide be safe, but our report, together several other published reports brings attention use pharmacologic cardioversion as cause Keywords: Older man, fibrillation, department, arrest,