Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: An 8-year New York City experience

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 364-368

  Westfal, Richard E ^a   Reissman, Stephan ^a   Doering, Garrett ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; Out of hospital; resuscitation; survival; Utstein Style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029986192     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90050-9     Document Type: Article

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