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ROSC positivity and good neurological outcome rate of the patients having shockable rhythms was 48(76.
Comparison of the factors affecting neurological outcome in out-of vs in-hospital cardiac arrest cases
If the evidence supports an argument that the victim's physical symptoms were consistent with a shockable rhythm only after or shortly before paramedics arrived, the defense will claim that something the paramedics did or didn't do--not the health club staff's failure to use defibrillation--led to the victim's injury or death.
When exercise turns deadly: fitness clubs should not rely on CPR to revive patrons who suffer sudden cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillators save lives, and they are easy to use - but many gyms don't have them
Fully automatic AEDs immediately defibrillate any shockable rhythm that is detected.
Automatic External Defibrillation
Hypothermia between 32[degrees]C and 34[degrees]C was recommended as a Class I indication in the 2010 guidelines for shockable rhythms.
Controversies on hypothermia in cardiac arrest
In Seattle, for example, the overall survival rate for all SCA patients is 16 percent, which jumps to 40 percent when only including patients in a shockable rhythm.
Medtronic Foundation Commits $15 Million in Unprecedented Effort to Reduce Sudden Cardiac Arrest Deaths
The biggest trial so far, the TTM trial, showed no difference between therapeutic hypothermia and normothermia in cardiac arrest patients with an initial either shockable rhythm or non-shockable rhythm.
Hypothermia in cardiac arrest: a meta-analysis and evidence-based appraisal of the current data

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