How many emergency dispatches occurred per cardiac arrest?

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1499-1504

  Johnson, Nicholas J ^a,b   Sporer, Karl A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c San Francisco Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulances utilization; Emergencies classification; Emergency Medical Dispatch; Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems Standards; Emergency Medical Services Standards; Emergency Medical Services Utilization; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Risk assessment; Triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; TRIAGE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78149412857     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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