Advanced rescuer- versus citizen-witnessed cardiac arrest: Is there a difference in outcome

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-60

  Kaji, Amy H ^a,b   Hanif, Arslan M ^a   Niemann, James T ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced life support; basic life support; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649493754     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.514089     Document Type: Article

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