What’s the big deal with the Paramedic2[1] study?
Key Points
· 8014 patients enrolled in a UK study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
· Randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study
· 5 centers in the UK from December 2014 to October 2017
· 30-day survival was higher in the group receiving epinephrine than placebo
· Patients who received epinephrine had worse neurologic outcomes