Characteristics of prehospital cardiac arrest patients in Japan and determinant factors for survival

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-213

  Shimauchi, Akemi ^a   Toki, Yukio ^a   Ito, Takayuki ^a   Kondo, Junichiro ^b   Tsuboi, Hideyuki ^b   Sone, Takahito ^a   Hayakawa, Tetsuo ^a   Sassa, Hiromi ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency life saving technicians; Japan; Prehospital cardiac arrest; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031910632     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90049-3     Document Type: Article

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