A link between emergency dispatch and public access AEDs: Potential implications for early defibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 995-998

  Rea, Thomas ^a,b   Blackwood, Jennifer ^a   Damon, Susan ^a   Phelps, Randi ^a   Eisenberg, Mickey ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiac arrest; CPR; Emergency dispatch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79960221687     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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