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

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Inclusion/Exclusion criteria and definitions were very specific. Subgroup analysis on EMS system type and favorable neurologic status were less powered and had much wider CI ranges, making the data much less definitive. Assessed the quality of papers using Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale. Used a patient-centered search query.

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REBEL Cast Ep113: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation

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It’s difficult to definitively say which of the two is statistically better, however there is a trend pointing toward DED. This procedure involves applying another set of pads attached to a second defibrillator to a patient and shocking them in hopes of terminating the rhythm.