Ventricular fibrillation in Rochester, Minnesota: Experience over 18 years

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1253-1258

  Agarwal, Dipti A ^a   Hess, Erik P ^a   Atkinson, Elizabeth J ^a   White, Roger D ^b,c  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c City of Rochester Early Defibrillation Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Defibrillation; Emergency medical services; Resuscitation; Return of spontaneous circulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 70350031072     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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