Rearrest after prehospital resuscitation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Lerner, E Brooke ^a   O'Connell, Michael ^a,b   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; CPR; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technicians; Rearrest

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649510296     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.519820     Document Type: Article

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