HEMS vs. ground-BLS care in traumatic cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Di Bartolomeo, Stefano ^a,b,c   Sanson, Gianfranco ^a,b   Nardi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Michelutto, Vanni ^a   Scian, Franca ^a  

^a Italian Resuscitation Council   (Italy)

^b Trauma Committee ^*  (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advanced Cardiac Life Support; Air ambulances; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Outcome assessment; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 23244455198     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590891886     Document Type: Article

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