Outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Wellington region of New Zealand. does use of the fire service make a difference?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1344, 2011, Pages 81-89

  Swain, Andrew H ^a   Barry, Tasmin ^a   Hoyle, Sarah R ^b   Haywood, Grant ^c   Cameron, Hayley ^b   Larsen, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington Free Ambulance   (New Zealand)

^c New Zealand Fire Service   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; AMBULANCES; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054683793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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