The impact of paramedics on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in a rural community

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 274-279

  Kriegsman Jr , William E ^a   Mace, Sharon E ^b  

^a City of Ketchikan Fire Department   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; emergency medical services; neurologically intact survival; paramedics; resuscitation; rural

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALASKA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032185752     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903129808958879     Document Type: Article

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