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From the Departments of Medicine (P.J.K., L.A.C., M.K.C., M.O., G.N.) and Health Services (C.M.), University of Washington, Seattle. Background— Although biphasic ...

Background: Evidence of the association between AMplitude Spectral Area (AMSA) of ventricular fibrillation and outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is limited to short-term follow-up.

Aim Although manual and semi-automatic external defibrillation (SAED) are commonly used in the management of cardiac arrest, the optimal strategy is not known. We hypothesised that SAED would reduce ...

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Background Emergency physicians can use a manual or an automated defibrillator to provide defibrillation of patients who had out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Performance of emergency physicians ...

Introduction: Defibrillation of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an effective treatment for patients with cardiac arrest (CA). Identifying the rhythm during ...