Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance in Canada: A survey of national resources

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-127

  Vaillancourt, Christian ^a,b   Charette, Manya ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a,b   Phillips, Karin R ^a   Wells, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; RESUSCITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77957735972     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500012148     Document Type: Article

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