Defining and improving survival rates from cardiac arrest in US communities

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 860-862

  Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a,b   Psaty, Bruce M ^b,c,d  

^a King County Emergency Medical Services Division   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 61449259989     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.193     Document Type: Note

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