Panscan After Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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Panscans, or a combination of head to pelvis CT scans, have been used in patients following significant trauma. Recent attention has shifted to the utility of routine CT scans following cardiac arrest. This is based on (1) identification of potential causes of cardiac arrest (2) identification of complications of resuscitation. In this episode, we cover an article by Branch et al in Academic Emergency Medicine.