Out-of hospital advanced life support with or without a physician: Effects on quality of CPR and outcome

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1248-1252

  Olasveengen, Theresa M ^a   Lund Kordahl, Inger ^a   Steen, Petter A ^b   Sunde, Kjetil ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression; Emergency medical services; Out of hospital CPR; Outcome; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ATROPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NORWAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70350125134     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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