Survival from cardiac arrest during air medical transport

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-31

  Stone, C Keith ^a,c   Thomas, Stephen H ^b   Kassler, Gail P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air medical transport; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Helicopter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029684898     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(96)90016-4     Document Type: Article

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