The impact of defibrillation current and pad position on return of spontaneous circulation during refractory ventricular fibrillation

AP delivered higher current than AL positioning; however, pad position rather than delivered current was independently associated with ROSC. These findings suggest the additional AP pad position may be a key mechanistic contributor to the benefit of VC and DSED.

Authors

Shelley L. McLeod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2686-6307)
Sandeep V. Pandit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9217-9276)
Linda Turner
Sheldon Cheskes
Paul Dorian
Robert G. Walker
Ian R. Drennan
Tyson G Taylor

Institutions

Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
University of Toronto (CA)
Phoenix Science and Technology (United States) (US)
Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (CA)
Sunnybrook Hospital (CA)
Stryker (United States) (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Resuscitation
Published: 2026-03-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111061
Citations: 1
Primary Topic: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 38.36

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The impact of defibrillation current and pad position on return of spontaneous circulation during refractory ventricular fibrillation

Shelley L. McLeod, Sandeep V. Pandit, Linda Turner, Sheldon Cheskes et al.

Mar 17, 2026

1 citations

Resuscitation

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

38.36

article

The impact of defibrillation current and pad position on return of spontaneous circulation during refractory ventricular fibrillation

Shelley L. McLeod, Sandeep V. Pandit, Linda Turner, Sheldon Cheskes, Paul Dorian, Robert G. Walker, Ian R. Drennan, Tyson G Taylor

March 17, 2026article en

1 citations

Abstract

AP delivered higher current than AL positioning; however, pad position rather than delivered current was independently associated with ROSC. These findings suggest the additional AP pad position may be a key mechanistic contributor to the benefit of VC and DSED.

ResuscitationVol. 222

Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA), University of Toronto (CA), Phoenix Science and Technology (United States) (US), Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute (CA), Sunnybrook Hospital (CA), Stryker (United States) (US)

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Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

38.36

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