truncated exponential (BTE) waveforms. First defibrillation shock outcome was studied in a
population of 104 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients in ventricular fibrillation as the
presenting rhythm. The call to first shock time was 8.2±5.4 min. At 5s post-shock,
defibrillation efficiency was 90%. The arrest was witnessed in only 50% of the patients and
only 5% received bystander CPR. Despite these limitations 38% of the patients achieved …