Impact of advanced cardiac life support-skilled paramedics on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a statewide emergency medical service

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-138

  Woodall, John ^a   McCarthy, Molly ^b   Johnston, Trisha ^b   Tippett, Vivienne ^a   Bonham, Richard ^c  

^a Australian Centre for Pre hospital Research   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; WITNESS;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846794791     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.033365     Document Type: Article

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