noun General Slang

ROSC

· noun · EMS / ER / critical care

Return of Spontaneous Circulation — the pulse came back.

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The moment in a cardiac arrest when the patient's own heart starts pumping again after CPR, defib and drugs. Pronounced 'rosk'. The single word every crew wants to say on a working arrest — it doesn't mean they walk out of hospital, but it means you've got something to hand over. Called over the radio so the receiving ED can prep post-arrest care.

“Two rounds of adrenaline, one shock, and we got ROSC at the door.”
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ROSC In A Sentence

Two rounds of adrenaline, one shock, and we got ROSC at the door.

Origin & Usage

Standard resuscitation terminology, formalised in ILCOR/AHA guidelines from the 1990s onward.

Variants rosc
Tags #ems#medical#resuscitation#cardiac#paramedic

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