Delay prior to calling 9-1-1 is associated with increased mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-338

  Swor, Robert A ^a,b   Compton, Scott ^b   Domeier, Robert ^c   Harmon, Nika ^d   Chu, Kevin ^e  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bystander effects; Delay; Heart arrest; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERVIEW; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46349107384     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802100902     Document Type: Article

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