Prehospital mortality in an EMS system using medical priority dispatching: A community based cohort study

Resuscitation

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 297-302

  Kuisma, Markku ^a   Holmström, Peter ^a   Repo, Jukka ^a   Määttä, Teuvo ^a   Nousila Wiik, Maria ^b   Boyd, James ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Helsinki Dispatching Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ambul ncia; Ambulance; Ambulancia; Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Paragem card aca; Paro card aco; Servi os de emerg ncia m dica; Servicios de emergencias m dicas; Triage; Triagem

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRIAGE;

EID: 2542428424     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.01.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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