Practice variability among the EMS systems participating in Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 76-80

  Govindarajan, Prasanthi ^a   Lin, Lisa ^a   Landman, Adam ^b   McMullan, Jason T ^c   McNally, Bryan F ^d   Crouch, Allison J ^e   Sasson, Comilla ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83555176431     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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