Cardiac arrest predictability in seizure patients based on emergency medical dispatcher identification of previous seizure or epilepsy history

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-304

  Clawson, Jeff ^a   Olola, Christopher ^a   Heward, Andy ^b   Patterson, Brett ^c  

^a International Academies of Emergency Dispatch   (United States)

^b LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED)   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonal; Anoxic fits; Anoxic seizures; Cardiac arrest; Clonic seizures; Dispatch outcome; Emergency medical dispatch; Epilepsy; History of seizures; Pre hospital instructions; Respiration disorders

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY CARE; EPILEPSY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EPILEPSY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TRIAGE;

EID: 35348911831     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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