Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - Review of demographics in south australia to inform decisions about the provision of automatic external defibrillators within the community

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 521-526

  Zeitz, Kathryn ^a   Grantham, Hugh ^b   Elliot, Robert ^c   Zeitz, Chris ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

^c State Paramedic St John Ambulance Aust SA Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

automated external defibrillator; cardiac arrest; out of hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952461355     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008700     Document Type: Article

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