A model of survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using the Boston EMS arrest registry

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 999-1003

  Abrams, Harold C ^a   Moyer, Peter H ^b   Dyer, K Sophia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Boston Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency medical services; Methodology; Outcome; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WITNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOSTON; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79960273486     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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