Dispatcher assessments for agonal breathing improve detection of cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 769-772

  Roppolo, Lynn P ^a   Westfall, Amanda ^b   Pepe, Paul E ^a   Nobel, Lieutenant Lori ^c   Cowan, Janet ^d   Kay, Joseph J ^e   Idris, Ahamed H ^a  

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

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Dallas Fire Rescue   (United States)

^d Dallas Fire Rescue   (United States)

^e Dallas Fire Rescue   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency Medical Services; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349085474     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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