Regional impact of cardiac arrest center criteria on out-of-hospital transportation practices

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-387

  Martin Gill, Christian ^a   Dilger, Christopher P ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Callaway, Clifton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; emergencymedical services; emergencymedicine; regionalization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIAC CARE FACILITIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT TRANSFER; PENNSYLVANIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79957746474     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.561409     Document Type: Article

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