Podcast #319: Cardiac Arrest Survival Factors
Apr 20, 2018•2 min
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Episode description
Author: Aaron Lessen, MD
Educational Pearls:
- Shockable rhythms like V-fib or V-tach have a better prognosis than patients with PEA or asystole.
- Recent study has shown an initial electrical frequency in PEA between 10-24/min had worse outcomes than PEA with initial rhythm over 60/min.
- Patients with an initial electrical frequency in PEA over 60/min did just as well as patients with shockable rhythms. Of them, there was a 22% survival rate with 15% having a good neurologic outcome.
References:
Weiser, C., et al. (2018). Initial electrical frequency predicts survival and neurological outcome in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients with pulseless electrical activity. Resuscitation. 125:34-38
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