Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * All patients who present with PEA at any time during the patients' treatment by Roanoke Fire-EMS, Botetourt County Department of Fire \& EMS and/or Salem Fire-EMS. This study defines a PEA presentation as any patient who is unconscious, presenting without a carotid pulse and with non-(VT/VF) ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation electrical activity.
Exclusion Criteria:
- * Patient less than 18 years old
- * Known pregnancy
- * Duration of untreated cardiac arrest of more than 30 minutes
- * Traumatic cardiac arrest
- * Known (LVAD) Left Ventricular Assist Device
- * Rapidly fatal underlying disease
- * Known or suspected digitalis toxicity
- * A physical, durable (DNR) Do Not Resuscitate (or durable DNR medical jewelry) presented to EMS before treatment with asserting a preference not to be enrolled
- * Prisoners and other populations with involuntary consent
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No