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

REBEL EM

Nevertheless, mortality of prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), and survivability with good neurologic outcome, remain the gold standards of trauma care in and out of the hospital and are effectively the criterion by which we measure outcomes in the trauma literature. 2022 Aug;48(4):3357-3372. Epub 2022 Mar 25.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

REBEL EM

The authors sought to answer whether double defibrillation and/or vector change defibrillation lead to a greater number of RVF patients surviving to hospital discharge when compared to standard defibrillation therapy. Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation. N Engl J Med.