Transport of Patients After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Closest Facility or Most Appropriate Facility?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-257

  Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AMBULANCE; CANADA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRIAGE;

EID: 67650410022     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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