Evaluating the Effectiveness of Dispatch-assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instructions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 877-883

  Vaillancourt, Christian ^a   Verma, Aikta ^a   Trickett, John ^a   Crete, Denis ^a   Beaudoin, Tammy ^a   Nesbitt, Lisa ^a   Wells, George A ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency medical service communication systems; heart arrest

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAREGIVERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548725012     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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