Prompt advanced life support improves survival from ventricular fibrillation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Markel, David T ^a,b   Gold, Laura S ^b,c   Fahrenbruch, Carol E ^b   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^b,c  

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

^b King County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Basic life support; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technician; Intervals; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Paramedic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 69849090922     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120802706245     Document Type: Article

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