Chest pain is a frequent reason for contact with the emergency medical services (EMS). However, it has multiple aetiologies and only a small number of patients are having a myocardial infarction (MI)....
Emergency medical services are frequently responding to care for younger children suffering from a convulsive disorder, but decision-making can be challenging in the out-of-hospital environment....
Early recognition and defibrillation of shockable rhythms is strongly associated with survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and is reliant upon rapid and accurate rhythm interpretation of...
This commentary aims to critically appraise the methods used within the review by Carney et al (2021) and expand upon the findings in the context of clinical practice..
It is known that survivors of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have a high probability of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, but less is known about the effects on bystanders and...
To investigate the influence of time on the predictive value of the post-ROSC ECG, patients over the age of 18 were sought who had experienced an OHCA, had been successfully resuscitated, had received...
Hyperventilation of a patient in cardiac arrest has been shown to impact negatively on survival but maintenance of optimal ventilation is not as easy as it may sound. Previous research suggests that...
This summary is arranged with the synthesised sources first and individual studies last..
Search planning is often ignored in favour of going directly to your search. However, a search plan helps you to think through some key questions before you start searching that will save you time...
This systematic review will endeavour to demonstrate whether the use of a mechanical chest compression device will be a positive factor in improving survival in the cardiac arrest scenario. In...
Although the use of ultrasound is well established in hospitals, it did not emerge in the prehospital environment until the 1990s in the United States. Furthermore, paramedic use of ultrasound has...
Over the past 30 years in Sweden, the ambulance response time in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has doubled—yet counter-intuitively, the chances of surviving an OHCA have also substantially...