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Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Does the inclusion of patients pronounced dead on scene and the presence of a physician-based EMS organization affect the pooled mortality rate and survival with favorable neurologic outcomes for prehospital TCA? The search contained terms for (1) prehospital cardiac arrest or prehospital advanced life support, and (2) injuries and trauma.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

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At REBEL EM, we’ve done an extensive write up that details some of the different types of DED and the electrophysiology behind it. That write up was for the DOSE-VF pilot trial done in March 2020 and can be found here. Within the United States, due to paramedic shortages, this dual-medic setup does not exist in many EMS systems.

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