Using geographic information systems to evaluate cardiac arrest survival

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-24

  Warden, Craig R ^a,b   Daya, Mohamud ^a,b   LeGrady, Lara A ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue   (United States)

^c LINFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Geographical information systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; REGISTER; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; OREGON; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845811383     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120601023461     Document Type: Article

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