Comparison of termination-of-resuscitation guidelines for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Singapore EMS

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 244-251

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a   Tan, Eng Hoe ^b   Ng, Faith Suan Peng ^c   Yap, Susan ^a   Panchalingham, Anushia ^c   Leong, Benjamin Sieu Hon ^d   Ong, Victor Yeok Kein ^e   Tiah, Ling ^f   Lim, Swee Han ^a   Venkataraman, Anantharaman ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Medical Department   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Basic Life Support (BLS); Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Ethics; Termination of resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35348880985     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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