The feasibility of a regional cardiac arrest receiving system

Resuscitation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-51

  Davis, Daniel P ^a   Fisher, Roger ^b   Aguilar, Steven ^c   Metz, Marcelyn ^d   Ochs, Ginger ^b   McCallum Brown, Lana ^a   Ramanujam, Prasanthi ^a   Buono, Colleen ^a   Vilke, Gary M ^a,d   Chan, Theodore C ^a   Dunford, James V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b San Diego Fire Rescue Department   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d San Diego County Emergency Medical Services Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency department; EMS system; Paramedic; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CIRCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34249983875     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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