How senior paramedics decide to cease resuscitation in pulseless electrical activity out of hospital cardiac arrest: a mixed methods study

Table 1 Explanatory sequential design

Quantitative study	Describe the adult patient, clinical and system factors of pulseless electrical activity
Quantitative results	Identify the quantitative results which require further explanation using a qualitative methodology
Qualitative study	Apply the quantitative results to inform the semi-structured interview questions
Summarise and interpret results	What are connective points between the qualitative findings help to explain the quantitative results?

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