Incidence of EMS-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Europe

Resuscitation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-80

  Atwood, Christie ^a   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^b,c,e   Herlitz, Johan ^d   Rea, Thomas D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Incidence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 25844529166     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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