Is CPR quality improving? A retrospective study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 260-266

  Olasveengen, Theresa M ^a   Wik, Lars ^a,b   Kramer Johansen, Jo ^a   Sunde, Kjetil ^a   Pytte, Morten ^a   Steen, Petter A ^a,c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 35348913658     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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