Amiodarone and rural emergency medical services cardiac arrest patients: A cost analysis

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 291-294

  Pazdral, Teresa E ^a   Burton, John H ^a   Strout, Tania D ^a   Bradshaw, Jay R ^a,b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Maine Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Cardiac arrest; Cost; Emergency medical services; Lidocaine; Rural; Survival; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIDOCAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIODARONE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0035989872     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938319     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Guidelines 2000 for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care
2. Amiodarone for resuscitation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation
3. Amiodarone as compared with lidocaine for shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation