Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Recommendations for uniform definitions and data to report

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 1249-1259

  Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a,b   Cummins, Richard O ^a,b   Damon, Susan ^a,b   Larsen, Mary Pat ^a,b   Hearne, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a Center for Community Health and Evaluation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; emergency medical services; prehospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERIODICALS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0025010586     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)82283-8     Document Type: Article

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