Do public access defibrillation (PAD) programmes lead to an increase of patients surviving to discharge from hospital following out of hospital cardiac arrest?-a literature review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1057-1062

  Clare, Carl ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defibrillators; Heart arrest; Out of hospital; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PUBLIC SECTOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749445805     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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