Prehospital cardiac arrest in a paramedic first-responder system using the utstein style

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 398-404

  Handel, Daniel A ^a   Gallo, Paul ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^a   Bernard, Aaron ^a   Locasto, Donald ^a   Collett, Lindsey ^b   Lindsell, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b City of Reading Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital; Paramedic; Utstein template

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREDICTION; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544460965     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120500255867     Document Type: Article

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