Delayed prehospital implementation of the 2005 American heart association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiac care

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-360

  Bigham, Blair L ^a   Koprowicz, Kent ^b,c   Aufderheide, Tom P ^d   Davis, Daniel P ^e   Donn, Stuart ^f   Powell, Judy ^b   Suffoletto, Brian ^g   Nafziger, Sarah ^h   Stouffer, John ⁱ   Idris, Ahamed ^j   Morrison, Laurie J ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Axio Research Corporation   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f British Columbia Ambulance Service   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

ⁱ Gresham Fire and Emergency Services   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Guidelines; Heart arrest; Implementation; Knowledge translation; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952983566     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903121003770639     Document Type: Article

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