Decision making by emergency physicians when assessing cardiac arrest patients on arrival at hospital

Resuscitation

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-56

  Lockey, Andrew S ^a   Hardern, Richard D ^b  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0034898392     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00318-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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