ContextEarly administration of thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may
improve survival if safely and appropriately delivered. No systematic reviews that have …

Background Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular
fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external …

Background We prospectively evaluated a clinical prediction rule to be used by emergency
medical technicians (EMTs) trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator for the …

cardiac arrest and survival to hospital discharge following failed resuscitation by
defibrillation‐trained emergency medical technicians (EMT‐Ds), and to propose an out‐of‐hospital …

Background Previous research has demonstrated significant relationships between peri-shock
pause and survival to discharge from out-of-hospital shockable cardiac arrest (OHCA). …

Context. —The Ottawa Knee Rule is a previously validated clinical decision rule that was
developed to allow physicians to be more selective and efficient in their use of plain …

BACKGROUND: Prehospital termination of resuscitation rules have been derived for Emergency
Medical Technician-Paramedics providing advanced life support care and defibrillation-…

Background— Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with a poor prognosis
and poses a significant burden to the healthcare system, but few studies have evaluated …

OBJECTIVES: The primary aim was to derive a new termination of resuscitation (TOR)
clinical prediction rule for advanced life support paramedics (ALS) and to measure both its …

Background. Relapse after the treatment of acute asthma in the emergency room is common
(occurring in 25 to 30 percent of cases) and is not accurately predicted by any available …