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Precordial Thump

Good move Bob! If he converts, this will save you a couple of steps. You quickly strike the patient mid-sternum with your closed fist, hoping to break a sensitive post-arrest rhythm. A quick pulse check reveals you aren't that lucky... there is still no pulse.

Mortimer: "DID YOU JUST THUMP HIM?? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU JUST THUMPED HIM! WHY IS IT THAT I'M ALWAYS DRIVING WHEN SOMEONE IS IN PULSELESS V-CRACK?"

Bob: "It's V-Tach Mortimer, and if it makes you feel better it didn't work."

(Mortimer always gets upset when he loses the opportunity to thump a patient - it's his favorite intervention)

Now what Bob?