Factors Impeding Dispatcher-Assisted Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 731-737

  Hauff, Samantha R ^a   Rea, Thomas D ^a,c   Culley, Linda L ^b   Kerry, Frieda ^b   Becker, Linda ^b   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b King County Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0344430031     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00423-2     Document Type: Article

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