Out of hospital cardiac arrests - The experience of one hospital in Singapore

Resuscitation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-127

  Lim, Hoon Chin ^a   Tham, Kum Ying ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; TIME;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035178394     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00399-9     Document Type: Article

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