Retrospective Review of the Image Quality of Monoplane Transesophageal Echocardiography in Prehospital Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Single Center Pilot Study.

Objectives: Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a frequently encountered pathology with resultant poor outcomes in the majority of patients. Echocardiography has been utilized to help guide clinical decision making and monitor effectiveness of resuscitative efforts. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) the mainstay of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) real time resuscitative imaging has limitations, most notably is the disruption of closed chest compressions.