Influence of early defibrillation on the survival rate and quality of life after CPR in prehospital emergency medical service in a German metropolitan area

Resuscitation

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-20

  Gottschalk, André ^a   Burmeister, Marc A ^a   Freitag, Marc ^a   Cavus, Erol ^a   Standl, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Emergency medical technician; Quality of life; Utstein template; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OUTPATIENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036229095     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00483-X     Document Type: Article

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