'Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests' treated by the West Midlands Ambulance Service over a 2-year period

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 702-709

  Robinson, J S ^a   Davies, M K ^a   Johns, B M ^a   Edwards, S N ^a  

^a West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain damage; CPR; Delay; Oxygenation

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN INJURY; DEFIBRILLATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLICY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032411052     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199811000-00012     Document Type: Article

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