A descriptive analysis of emergency medical service systems participating in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) network

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-382

  Davis, Daniel P ^a   Garberson, Lisa A ^b   Andrusiek, Douglas L ^c   Hostler, David ^d   Daya, Mohamud ^e   Pirrallo, Ronald ^f   Craig, Alan ^g   Stephens, Shannon ^h   Larsen, Jonathan ⁱ   Drum, Alexander F ^j   Fowler, Raymond ^k   Weisfeldt, Myron ^l   Ornato, Joseph P ^m   Hoyt, David B ⁿ   Holcomb, John B ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c British Columbia Ambulance Service   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g Toronto Emergency Medical Services   (Canada)

^h University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

ⁱ Seattle Medic One   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848901924     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701537147     Document Type: Article

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