Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: First documented experience in a Mexican urban setting

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Fraga Sastrías, Juan Manuel ^a,b   Asensio Lafuente, Enrique ^a,b   Martínez, Ricardo ^b   Bárcenas, Iris A ^b   Prieto Sagredo, Julio ^a,c   Castillo, Lilia ^d   Pinet Peralta, Luis Mauricio ^a  

^a Academia Mexicana de Medicina Prehospitalaria   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d Asociación Mexicana Para la Prevención de la Insuficiencia Cardiaca AMEPPIC   (Mexico)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; Mexico; out of hospital; urban settings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549128822     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X0000666X     Document Type: Article

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