Cardiac arrest and resuscitation: A tale of 29 cities

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 179-186

  Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a   Horwood, Bruce T ^a   Cummins, Richard O ^a   Reynolds Haertle, Robin ^a   Hearne, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0025098381     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(05)81805-0     Document Type: Article

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