More than 600,000 patients in North America sustain sudden cardiac arrest each year. When return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is achieved, there are a number of critical interventions to consider in order to provide the patient with the best chance of being discharged with meaningful neurologic survival. In this podcast, we discuss an excellent recent review article on the management of patients with ROSC following cardiac arrest.
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