from Section 1 - Data Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2026
You have been asked to review a 55-year-old male in the emergency department. He has just been brought into hospital following a cardiac arrest, where he was witnessed to collapse while playing golf. Bystander CPR was administered, and the paramedics inform you that he was in ventricular fibrillation (VF) on arrival and has received multiple shocks. There was a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 20 minutes. There’s no evidence of a head injury.
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