The three-phase model of cardiac arrest as applied to ventricular fibrillation in a large, urban emergency medical services system

Resuscitation

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-346

  Vilke, Gary M ^a,c   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Dunford, James V ^a,b   Metz, Marcelyn ^c   Ochs, Ginger ^b   Smith, Alan ^c   Fisher, Roger ^b   Poste, Jennifer C ^a   McCallum Brown, Lana ^a   Davis, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego Fire and Life Safety Serv   (United States)

^c San Diego County Division of Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 20044380924     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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