Cardiac arrest: A public health perspective

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Taniguchi, Dawn ^a   Baernstein, Amy ^a   Nichol, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEFIBRILLATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 82955211470     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2011.09.003     Document Type: Review

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