Public access defibrillation in Helsinki - Costs and potential benefits from a community-based pilot study

Resuscitation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-152

  Kuisma, Markku ^a   Castrén, Maaret ^a   Nurminen, Kari ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Helsinki City Rescue Department   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037317642     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00344-1     Document Type: Article

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