Possibilities of implementing dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the communityAn evaluation of 99 consecutive out-of-hospital cardiac arrests

Resuscitation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-26

  Bång, Angela ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a   Holmberg, Stig ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical dispatch; Out of hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Telephone instruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 0034159908     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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