Ketamine sedation as neuroprotective agent following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

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• 1. Age ≥18 years (presumed if not known) 2. OHCA of presumed cardiac cause. * 3. Primary shockable rhythm (ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia) ** 4. Decision to perform prehospital intubation after resuscitation (as decided by treating physician) or intubated during CPR with additional need for sedation. 5. Administration of study medicine injection before hospital arrival is considered feasible. 6. ROSC with MAP ≥40 mmHg *i.e. admission to Rigshospitalet or Odense University Hospital: national guidelines state that all OHCA patients with presumed cardiac arrest must be referred to the two main hospitals in the respective regions — Rigshospitalet for all OHCA cases in Region Zealand and the Capital Region, and Odense University Hospital for all OHCA cases in Region South. **If a defibrillator shock by an automated external defibrillator is delivered or advised before arrival of the EMS, it is considered a “primary shockable rhythm.”