Perceptions of collapse and assessment of cardiac arrest by bystanders of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA)

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1108-1113

  Breckwoldt, Jan ^a   Schloesser, Sebastian ^a   Arntz, Hans Richard ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agonal breathing; Bystander resuscitation; Cyanosis; Emergency medical dispatch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CIRCULATION; COLLAPSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN COLOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SHOCK;

EID: 70149117488     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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