Recurrent ventricular fibrillation during advanced life support care of patients with prehospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-257

  Koster, Rudolph W ^a   Walker, Robert G ^b   Chapman, Fred W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Physio Control Inc A Division of Medtronic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Defibrillation; Resuscitation; Transthoracic impedance; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; RESUSCITATION;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 48049110929     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.03.231     Document Type: Article

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