Improved out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival through the inexpensive optimization of an existing defibrillation program: OPALS study phase II

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1175-1181

  Stiell, Ian G ^a,b,j   Wells, George A ^c   Field, Brian J ^d   Spaite, Daniel W ^e   De Maio, Valerie J ^c   Ward, Roxanne ^c   Munkley, Douglas P ^f   Lyver, Marion B ^g   Luinstra, Lorraine G ^f   Campeau, Tony ^h   Maloney, Justin ^b   Dagnone, Eugene ⁱ  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Sunnybrook Hospital   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f Niagara Regl Base Hospital Program   (Canada)

^g Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

^h ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j Tower B   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033531702     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.13.1175     Document Type: Article

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