Incidence of EMS-treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States

Resuscitation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-24

  Rea, Thomas D ^a,b   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a,b   Sinibaldi, Greg ^a   White, Roger D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Epidemiologia; Epidemiology; Heart arrest; Incidence; Incidencia; Incid ncia; Paragem card aca; Paro card aco; Servi os M dicos de emerg nca; Sobrevida; Survival

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDLINE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644313810     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.03.025     Document Type: Article

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