Decision making in resuscitation from out of hospital cardiac arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 98-100

  Brown, R ^a,b   Jones, E ^a   Glucksman, E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Out of hospital; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029944769     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.2.98     Document Type: Article

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