Witnessed arrest, but not delayed bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitatiobn improves prehospital cardiac arrest survivial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 370-373

  Vukmir, Rade B ^a   Peindl, Paul ^b   Bowers, Charles ^b   Campbell, Joseph ^b   Reed, John ^b   Groft, William ^b   Bashor, Steve ^b   Dixon, James ^b   Pino, B J ^b   Stevenson, Peter ^b   Sanvito, Anthony ^b   Hertzog, Frank ^b   Hess, Bill ^b   Sellew, Mark ^b   Eglgi, Mark ^b   Natale, Dave ^b   Nicole, Doug ^b   Katz, Laurence ^b   Sullivan, Michael ^b   Ebmeyer, Uwe ^b   Bircher, Nicholas ^b   Paris, Paul ^b   Menegazzi, James ^b   Safar, Peter ^b   Nagan, J ^b   Withee, J ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342459118     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.008383     Document Type: Article

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