Effects of adding links to 'the chain of survival' for prehospital cardiac arrest: A contrast in outcomes in 1975 and 1995 at a single institution

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 471-477

  Stratton, S ^a   Niemann, J T ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031918033     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70256-2     Document Type: Article

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