Decreasing time to first shock: Routine application of defibrillation pads in prehospital STEMI.

Sarah FelderKristine Van Aarsen Matthew Davis

Published in: CJEM (2021)

Routine application of defibrillation pads in STEMI patients who suffer OHCA decreases time to initial defibrillation, which has previously been demonstrated to increase favourable neurologic survival.

Keyphrases

cardiac arrest
percutaneous coronary intervention
clinical practice
st elevation myocardial infarction
st segment elevation myocardial infarction
acute coronary syndrome
coronary artery disease
free survival
trauma patients