The accuracy of predicting cardiac arrest by emergency medical services dispatchers: The calling party effect

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 955-960

  Garza, Alex G ^a,b,e   Gratton, Matthew C ^a,b   Chen, John J ^c   Carlson, Brent ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b EMS Section   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HCA Conroe Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^e TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Dispatch; Emergency medical services (EMS); Paramedic; Prehospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0041334006     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/S1069-6563(03)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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