Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurring in primary health care facilities in Singapore

Resuscitation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a   Yan, Xiuyuan ^b   Lau, Gilbert ^c   Tan, Eng Hoe ^d   Panchalingham, Anushia ^b   Leong, Benjamin Sieu Hon ^e   Ong, Victor Yeok Kein ^f   Tiah, Ling ^g   Yap, Susan ^a   Lim, Swee Han ^a   Venkataraman, Anantharaman ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^d Medical Department   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Resuscitation; Return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34250001840     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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