Journal Club Podcast #3

Ultrasound expert Dan Theodoro and I discuss the use of cardiac ultrasound
in predicting outcomes in cardiac arrest...

Bottom Line: 

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains a leading mechanism of death in the
United States, with an estimated incidence of 300,000 events per year
(McNally 2011). Overall survival has remained stable at approximately 8%
since the 1950s (Sasson 2010) despite initiatives to improve survival rates
(improved bystander CPR, public use of automated external defibrillators...