Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in Johannesburg, South Africa: A first glimpse of short-term outcomes from a paramedic clinical learning database

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 670-674

  Stein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69249148723     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.066084     Document Type: Article

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