Quality of closed chest compression in ambulance vehicles, flying helicopters and at the scene

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-270

  Havel, Christof ^a   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a   Riedmuller, Eva ^a   Haugk, Moritz ^a   Richling, Nina ^a   Trimmel, Helmut ^b   Malzer, Reinhard ^c   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b General Hospital Wiener Neustadt   (Austria)

^c Vienna Ambulance Service   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air ambulances; Ambulance; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency medical services; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED CHEST COMPRESSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNIVERSITY;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONFINED SPACES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; PRESSURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 34147118614     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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