Implementation strategies for improving survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States: Consensus recommendations from the 2009 American heart association cardiac arrest survival summit

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2898-2910

  Neumar, Robert W ^a   Barnhart, Janice M ^a   Berg, Robert A ^a   Chan, Paul S ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a   Luepker, Russell V ^a   Newby, L Kristin ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^a   Nichol, Graham ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; death; heart arrest; registries; resuscitation; sudden; survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959583758     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31821d79f3     Document Type: Article

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