A population-based investigation of public access defibrillation: Role of emergency medical services care

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-167

  Rea, Thomas D ^a   Olsufka, Michele ^a   Bemis, Brock ^a   White, Lindsay ^b   Yin, Lihua ^a   Becker, Linda ^b   Copass, Michael ^a   Eisenberg, Mickey ^a   Cobb, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b King County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Public access defibrillation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 74449088301     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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