The Unacceptable Disparity in Cardiac Arrest Survival Among American Communities

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-260

  Eisenberg, Mickey ^a   White, Roger D ^b  

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650479395     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.01.008     Document Type: Editorial

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