Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Victoria: Rural and urban outcomes

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Jennings, Paul A ^a   Cameron, Peter ^b   Walker, Tony ^a   Bernard, Stephen ^a,b   Smith, Karen ^a  

^a Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33747606203     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00498.x     Document Type: Article

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