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Well, we know that early defibrillation and high-quality CPR are the two

most well-established lifesavers in cardiac arrest. But what if I told you that chest compressions

in some cardiac arrest patients causes outflow obstruction rendering the almost dead patient,

totally dead, with almost no chance of survival.

I'll let you think about that one for a bit, and we'll come back to it in this EM quick hit

segment on the utility of transasophageal echo, that's T.E. in cardiac arrest. And to help us

answer this question and many others I have about TE and cardiac arrest,

it's a pleasure and an honor to welcome Dr. Ross Prager, an intensiveist from London, Ontario,

who has a special interest in point of care ultrasound. Welcome Dr. Prager to EM cases.

Hey, thanks for having me. All right, let's jump right in and I'll ask bluntly, why should I care about TEE?

I mean, I've heard all kinds of claims from allowing feedback on the quality of chest compressions to minimizing chest compression interruptions to identifying reversible causes of the arrest, to helping get correct rhythm interpretation,

even prognostic information. Can you just explain the general rationale for TEE in cardiac

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