High discharge survival rate after out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation with rapid defibrillation by police and paramedics

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 480-485

  White, R D ^a   Asplin, B R ^a   Bugliosi, T F ^a   Hankins, D G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029910020     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70109-9     Document Type: Article

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