The obstacles to maximising the impact of public access defibrillation: An assessment of the dispatch mechanism for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-353

  Cairns, Karen J ^a   Hamilton, A J ^b   Marshall, A H ^a   Moore, M J ^b   Adgey, A A J ^b   Kee, F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; NORTHERN IRELAND; SOFTWARE;

EID: 39749171783     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.109785     Document Type: Article

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