Evaluation of emergency medical dispatch in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Taipei

Resuscitation

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-245

  Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^a   Lu, Tsung Chien ^a   Ng, Josh Chian Shuin ^b   Lin, Chih Hao ^c   Chiang, Wen Chu ^a   Ko, Patrick Chow In ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Huang, Chien Hua ^d   Hsiung, Kuang Hua ^d   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d Taipei City Fire Department   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Dispatcher; Emergency medical dispatch; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHINESE; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL CONTENT AND COOPERATION SCORE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX; SKILL; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; VICTIM;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147162314     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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