In-hospital cardiac resuscitation outside the ICU by nursing staff equipped with automated external defibrillators-The first 500 cases

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 416-422

  Gombotz, H ^a   Weh, B ^a   Mitterndorfer, W ^a   Rehak, P ^b  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Pulse less electrical activity (PEA); Return of spontaneous circulation; Utstein template; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES;

EID: 33747887766     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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