Quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation before and during transport in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Olasveengen, Theresa M ^a   Wik, Lars ^a   Steen, Petter A ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Ambulance; Cardiac arrest; Chest compression; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome; Transport; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38049089991     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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