Resuscitation
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Review Meta Analysis
The experiences of cardiac arrest survivors and their key supporters following cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.
To review qualitative studies on the experience of sudden cardiac arrest survival from the perspective of both survivors and their key supporters, including family/close friends. ⋯ The enduring psychosocial and physical sequelae of cardiac arrest survival substantially impacts the lives of survivors and their key supporters, requiring negotiation of their 'new normality'. The need for sense-making, physical and psychological recovery, and the new roles for key supporters should be strong considerations in the development of future interventions.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The impact of alternate defibrillation strategies on shock-refractory and recurrent ventricular fibrillation: A secondary analysis of the DOSE VF cluster randomized controlled trial.
The DOSE VF randomized controlled trial (RCT) employed a pragmatic definition of refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF after three successive shocks). However, it remains unclear whether the underlying rhythm during the first three shocks was shock-refractory or recurrent VF. ⋯ DSED appears to be the superior defibrillation strategy in the DOSE VF trial, irrespective of whether the preceding VF is shock-refractory or recurrent.