Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and survival: An epidemiological analysis of emergency service reports in a large city in Japan

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 603-609

  Kida, Maki ^a   Kawamura, Takashi ^b   Fukuoka, Toshio ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^a   Wakai, Kenji ^a   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Toyama, Junji ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronology; Life support; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Paramedic; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3142705108     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.603     Document Type: Article

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