Quality management in resuscitation - Towards a European Cardiac Arrest Registry (EuReCa)

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 989-994

  Grasner J T ^a   Herlitz, J ^b   Koster, R W ^c   Rosell Ortiz, F ^d   Stamatakis, L ^e   Bossaert, L ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Public Utility for Health Emergencies ^*  (Spain)

^e Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; ERC; Quality management; Register; Registry; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUROPE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79960066739     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.02.047     Document Type: Article

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