Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest locations in a rural community: Where should we place AEDs?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-355

  Portner, Marc E ^a   Pollack, Marc L ^b   Schirk, Steven K ^b   Schlenker, Melissa K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

automated external defibrillators (AED); cardiac; community; emergency medical services (EMS); first responders; out of hospital; rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 13744258868     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001977     Document Type: Article

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