Interaction between emergency medical dispatcher and caller in suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest calls with focus on agonal breathing. A review of 100 tape recordings of true cardiac arrest cases

Resuscitation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-34

  Bång, Angela ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a   Martinell, Sven ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agonal breathing; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Dispatcher assisted CPR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE BREATHING; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TELEPHONE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0037221534     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00278-2     Document Type: Article

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