Circ Cardiovasc Qual
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Circ Cardiovasc Qual · Mar 2016
Paramedic Exposure to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Is Associated With Patient Survival.
Although out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem, individual paramedics are rarely exposed to these cases. In this study, we examined whether previous paramedic exposure to OHCA resuscitation is associated with patient survival. ⋯ Patient survival after OHCA significantly increases with the number of OHCAs that paramedics have previously treated.