Utstein-style audit of Protocol C: A non-standard resuscitation protocol for healthcare professionals

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1265-1272

  Fletcher, David ^a   Chamberlain, Douglas ^a   Handley, Anthony ^b   Woollard, Malcolm ^c   Pateman, Jane ^a,d   Nela, Svetlana ^d   Bryant, Geoffrey ^d  

^a South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Ambulance; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Protocol; Utstein style

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION;

EID: 80052961451     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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