Average survival from cardiac arrest remains at a dismal ~10%. What can EMS clinicians do to improve these numbers? We need to follow the evidence that shows the benefits of a high-performing system of care.
Join Drs. Antevy, Spiro, Piehl and Dunlap, and their guest, William Fales, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, professor and chief, Division of EMS and Disaster Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, to review the videoed case of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in which all of the elements of the chain of survival came together to give the patient a good outcome.
At the end of this video, you can view the case from start to finish.
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Additional resources
On-Demand Webinar: Reimagining Resuscitation – How advanced cardiac resuscitation techniques lead to increased survival in OOH cardiac arrest
On-Demand Webinar: Expanded use of EtCO2 – Deprioritizing epinephrine in the order of interventions
Article Bites: Do we need to rush to the cath lab? – Examining cardiac care in the absence of STEMI following ROSC
STEMI, stroke, sepsis and ROSC: EMS systems of care – In the coming years, EMS will be engaged in even more efforts to triage patients in the field to route them to the most appropriate hospitals
