Presumed futility in paramedic-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An Utstein style analysis in Tampere, Finland

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-243

  Kämäräinen, Antti ^a,b   Virkkunen, Ilkka ^b   Yli Hankala, Arvi ^a,b   Silfvast, Tom ^c  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome; Resuscitation; Utstein template

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GOLD STANDARD; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35348832241     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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