The Dublin cardiac arrest registry: Temporal improvement in survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest reflects improved pre-hospital emergency care

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1157-1165

  Margey, Ronan ^a   Browne, Lisa ^b   Murphy, Eamonn ^b   Oreilly, Martin ^c   Mahon, Niall ^b   Blake, Gavin ^b   McCann, Hugh ^b   Sugrue, Declan ^b   Galvin, Joseph ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c District Officer   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Out of hospital cardiac arrest Sudden cardiac death; Pre hospital emergency care; Resuscitation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 80051803423     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur092     Document Type: Article

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