Clinical trials in the out-of-hospital setting: Rationale and strategies for successful implementation

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Pepe, Paul E ^a,b,c,d   Copass, Michael K ^e,f,g   Sopko, George ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Dallas Metropolitan Area BioTel (Emergency Medical Services) System   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g Seattle Fire Department Medic One (EMS) Program   (United States)

^h NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Clinical trials; Community consultation; CPR; Emergency medical services; EMS; Ethics; Exception to consent; Informed consent; Injury; Outcomes data; Research; Resuscitation; Sudden death; Survival rates; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AUTHORITY; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMPLOYEE; EMPOWERMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART ARREST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; REINFORCEMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; POLITICS; TRUST;

EID: 58849124281     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318192154d     Document Type: Article

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