CARES: Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  McNally, Bryan ^a   Stokes, Allen ^a   Crouch, Allison ^a   Kellermann, Arthur L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350238255     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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