Editorial: Cardiac arrest survivors or still victims?

Circulation

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 328-330

  Kudenchuk, Peter J ^a,c   Fahrenbruch, Carol E ^a,c   Rea, Thomas D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cardiovascular diseases; Editorials; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY CARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49149102183     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.790683     Document Type: Editorial

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