Long term outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with physician staffed emergency medical services: The Utstein style applied to a midsized urban/suburban area

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 674-679

  Bottiger B W ^a   Grabner, C ^a   Bauer, H ^a   Bode, C ^a   Weber, T ^a   Motsch, J ^a   Martin, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Long term outcome; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Utstein style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032728036     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.6.674     Document Type: Article

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