Publications by authors named "Bianca Zaidel"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the outcomes of intravenous (IV) vascular access versus humeral-intraosseous (IO) access during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) resuscitation by analyzing data from the BC Cardiac Arrest Registry.
- Results from 2,112 cases showed that an IV-first approach led to better neurological outcomes and survival rates at hospital discharge compared to humeral-IO, particularly in patients with a shockable initial cardiac rhythm.
- The findings suggest that prioritizing IV access during resuscitation is more effective than humeral-IO access, especially for those with a shockable rhythm, but not necessarily for non-shockable cases.
Aim: Humeral and tibial intraosseous (IO) vascular access can deliver resuscitative medications for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), however the optimal site is unclear. We examined the association between IO tibia vs. humerus as the first-attempted vascular access site with OHCA outcomes.
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