Reporting of data from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has to involve emergency medical dispatching-Taking the recommendations on reporting OHCA the Utstein style a step further

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1496-1500

  Castren M ^a   Bohm, K ^a   Kvam, A M ^b   Bovim, E ^c   Christensen, E F ^d   Steen Hansen, J E ^e   Karlsten, R ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Division of Emergency Medical Services   (Norway)

^c National Centre on Emergency Communication in Health   (Norway)

^d Hospital for Prehospital Emergency Medical Services and Coordination Center of Preparedness   (Denmark)

^e VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical communication centres; Emergency medical dispatching; EMS; Resuscitation; Utstein

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 80855132660     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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