An evaluation of 9-1-1 calls to assess the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions: Design and methodology

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Vaillancourt, Christian ^a,b   Charette, Manya L ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b   Wells, George A ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIRST AID; FORECASTING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849094425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-8-12     Document Type: Article

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