Analysis of Prehospital Care for Cardiac Arrest in an Urban Setting in Japan

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Yanagawa, Youichi ^a   Sakamoto, Toshihisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

epinephrine; guidelines; outcome; prehospital care; supraglottic airway

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CIRCULATION; COLLAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; JAPAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77950060461     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.037     Document Type: Article

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