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Herald Sun
August 20, 2013
A VICTORIAN mother of two who was clinically dead for 42 minutes has been given the chance to see her children grow up after a medical miracle saved her life.
Doctors used a high-tech mechanical CPR machine, known as a thumper, that kept blood flowing to her brain and, at the same time, allowed them to perform an emergency heart surgery.
Vanessa Tanasio heart stopped twice after she suffered two heart attacks last Monday.
The Narre Warren mum was getting her children ready for school when she felt extreme pain across her chest.
Her mother, Virginia Tanasio, called triple 0 and urged her two grandchildren to stay upstairs.
The 41 year old collapsed on the couch, suffering her first cardiac arrest.
Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) paramedics used defibrillator shocks to kick start her heart.
At MonashHeart in Clayton she suffered a second attack, this time on the operating table.
Fortunately, the cardiology team had access to a new automated chest compression machine called the LUCAS 2 or the thumper.
For more than 30 minutes the battery powered machine gave her CPR – running dry two full batteries – which kept blood flowing to her vital organs, including the brain.
It also allowed MonashHeart cardiologist Dr Wally Ahmar to perform a coronary angiogram while the machine pumped the blood.
This procedure is a special x-ray that allows them to check and repair blockages.
Normally they would perform manual CPR and take short breaks so the X-ray and repairs can take place.
