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Links

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

CanROC - Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium

Canadian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network (C-SCAN)

Canadian SADS Foundation

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation

The Hearts in Rhythm Organization (HiRO)

Canadian Red Cross CPR Training and Certifications

PARAMEDIC2 Trial

Relevant Publications

Long term outcomes of participants in the PARAMEDIC2 randomised trial of adrenaline in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation.

Haywood KL, Ji C, Quinn T, Nolan JP, Deakin CD, Scomparin C, Lall R, Gates S, Long J, Regan S, Fothergill RT, Pocock H, Rees N, O’Shea L, Perkins GD. 021 Mar;160:84-93.

Epinephrine for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Crit Care Med.

Aves T, Chopra A, Patel M, Lin S. 2020 Feb;48(2):225-229.

The influence of time to adrenaline administration in the Paramedic 2 randomised controlled trial. Intensive Care Med

Perkins, G.D., Kenna, C., Ji, C. et al. 2020;46:426–436.

The CJEM Debate Series: #Epi – There is no place for the use of intravenous epinephrine as a standard component of cardiac arrest resuscitation care.

Welsford M, Buick JE, Drennan IR, Lin S, Atkinson. PR2019;21(3):324-329.

The effects of adrenaline in out of hospital cardiac arrest with shockable and non-shockable rhythms: Findings from the PACA and PARAMEDIC-2 randomised controlled trials.

Perkins GD, Kenna C, Ji C, Deakin C, Nolan JP, Quinn T, Fothergill R, Gunson I, Pocock H, Rees N, Charlton K, Finn J, Gates S, Lall R. Resuscitation. 2019.

Paramedic attitudes and experiences of enrolling patients into the PARAMEDIC-2 adrenaline trial: a qualitative survey within the London Ambulance Service.

Lazarus J, Iyer R, Fothergill RT. BMJ Open 2019;9:e025588.

Interpreting Observational Data on Adrenaline in Cardiac Arrest is Complicated.

Lin S, Dorian P. Resuscitation. 2019;138:314-315.

Study of the effects of epinephrine on cerebral oxygenation and metabolism during cardiac arrest and resuscitation by hyperspectral near-infrared spectroscopy.

Nosrati R, Lin S, Ramadeen A, Mohindra R, Toronov V, Dorian P. Crit Care Med. 2019;47(4):e349-e357.

A Randomized Trial of Epinephrine in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

Perkins GD, Ji C, Deakin CD, et al. N Engl J Med 2018;379:711-21.

The role of adrenaline in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Gough, C.J.R., Nolan, J.P. Crit Care. 2018;22:139.

Epinephrine In Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized, Multicenter, Double-blinded, Placebo-Controlled Experimental Trial.

Lin S SM, Dorian P, Fink S, Halperin H, Kiss A, Koller A, McCracken B, Morrison L, Neumar R, Niemann J, Ramadeen A, Salcido D, Tiba M, Youngquist S, Zviman M, Menegazzi J. Circulation 2015;132:A10437.

The role of adrenaline in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Gough, C.J.R., Nolan, J.P. Crit Care. 2018;22:139.

Adrenaline for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Lin S, Callaway CW, Shah PS, Wagner JD, Beyene J, Ziegler CP, Morrison LJ. Resuscitation. 2014;85(6):732-40.

Wide variability in drug use in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a report from the resuscitation outcomes consortium.

Glover BM, Brown SP, Morrison L, et al. Resuscitation. 2012;83:1324-30.

Prehospital epinephrine use and survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Hagihara A, Hasegawa M, Abe T, Nagata T, Wakata Y, Miyazaki S. JAMA 2012;307:1161-8.