Impact of lay responder actions on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcome

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-42

  Swor, Robert A ^a   Jackson, Raymond E ^a   Walters, Bradford L ^a   Rivera, Edgardo J ^b   Chu, Kevin H ^c  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

911; Delays; Lay responders; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Outcomes; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033971376     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941623     Document Type: Article

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