Why bystanders decline telephone cardiac resuscitation advice

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1012-1015

  Dami, Fabrice ^a,b   Carron, Pierre Nicolas ^b   Praz, Laurent ^b   Fuchs, Vincent ^a   Yersin, Bertrand ^b  

^a Emergency Medical Services Dispatch Center   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; communication systems; death; emergency medical service; methods; sudden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART DEATH; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN DEATH; TELEPHONE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND; TELEPHONE;

EID: 78349270537     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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