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Yet, it remains unknown if defibrillator pad position, placement in the anterior-posterior (AP) or anterior-lateral (AL) locations, impacts patient outcomes in VF or pVT OHCA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To determine the association between initial defibrillator pad placement position and OHCA outcomes for patients presenting with VF or pVT.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This prospective cohort study included patients with OHCA and VF or pVT treated by a single North American emergency medical services (EMS) agency from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2023. The study included patients with OHCA treated by a large suburban fire-based EMS agency that covers a population of 550\u202f000. Consecutive patients with an initial EMS-assessed rhythm of VF or pVT receiving EMS defibrillation were included. Pediatric patients (younger than 18 years), interfacility transfers, arrests of obvious traumatic etiology, and patients with preexisting do-not-resuscitate status were excluded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposure<\/jats:title>AP or AL pad placement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) at any time with secondary outcomes of pulses present at emergency department (ED) arrival, survival to hospital admission, survival to hospital discharge, and functional survival at hospital discharge (cerebral performance category score of 2 or less). Measures included adjusted odds ratios (aOR), multivariable logistic regressions, and Fine-Gray competing risks regression.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>A total of 255 patients with OHCA were included (median [IQR] age, 66 [55-74] years; 63 females [24.7%]), with initial pad positioning documented as either AP (158 patients [62.0%]; median [IQR] age, 65 [54-74] years; 37 females [23.4%]) or AL (97 patients [38.0%]; median [IQR] age, 66 [57-74] years; 26 females [26.8%]). Patients with AP placement had higher adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of ROSC at any time (aOR, 2.64 [95% CI, 1.50-4.65]), but not significantly different odds of pulses present at ED arrival (1.34 [95% CI, 0.78-2.30]), survival to hospital admission (1.41 [0.82-2.43]), survival to hospital discharge (1.55 [95% CI, 0.83-2.90]), or functional survival at hospital discharge (1.86 [95% CI, 0.98-3.51]). Competing risk analysis found significantly greater cumulative incidence of ROSC among those at risk with initial AP placement compared with AL (subdistribution hazard ratio, 1.81 [95% CI, 1.23-2.67]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.003).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cohort study of patients with OHCA and VF or pVT, AP defibrillator pad placement was associated with higher ROSC compared with AL placement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2024.31673","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,9]],"date-time":"2024-09-09T15:03:59Z","timestamp":1725894239000},"page":"e2431673","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":39,"title":["Initial Defibrillator Pad Position and Outcomes for Shockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest"],"prefix":"10.1001","volume":"7","author":[{"given":"Joshua R.","family":"Lupton","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science 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