Locations of cardiac arrest: Affirmation for community public access defibrillation (PAD) program

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 202-205

  Fedoruk, J C ^a   Currie, Wayne L ^a   Gobet, Meikel ^a  

^a Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital Windsor   (Canada)

Author keywords

access; ambulance; benefits; cardiac arrest; defibrillators; emergency medical services; incidence; institutions; placement; public; reports; residence; sites; survival; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVERSION; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULANCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FIRST AID; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1542604810     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00000509     Document Type: Article

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