Time to give the first medication during resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Bost, James E ^b   Menegazzi, James J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Drug therapy; Emergency medical services (EMS); Out of hospital CPR; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; AMIODARONE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746917227     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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