Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in prehospital cardiac arrest patients in Singapore

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-390

  Lateef, F ^a   Anantharaman, V ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chain of survival; Prehospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034798670     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120190939562     Document Type: Article

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