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Presented by: Zainab Alqudah

Best of the Best: this research submission scored in the top 3 of all received submissions and will be competing to win the 'Best of the Best' award.

Temporal changes in the epidemiology and system response to traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) over the last two decades may be associated with improvements in patient outcomes. Examining these changes are important for identifying the future direction of prehospital management for traumatic OHCA patients. In this session, I will present and discuss the findings of the impact of temporal changes in the epidemiology and management of traumatic OHCA on survival outcomes between 2001 and 2018 in Victoria, Australia, using data from the Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry.

Biography: Zainab has worked as a paramedic and a paramedic educator for more than five years. She has an interest in investigating the prehospital response to major trauma and cardiovascular emergencies. Zainab holds a master's degree in Emergency Health Services from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, US and a bachelor's degree in Paramedic Science from Jordan University of Science and Technology. She is currently a PhD candidate with the Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, investigating the epidemiology, outcomes, and prehospital management of traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.