Implementation of pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest patients in the Czech Republic

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Škulec, Roman ^a,b   Truhlář, Anatolij ^a,b   Šeblová, Jana ^c   Knor, Jiří ^a   Klementová, Olga ^d   Smržová, Eva ^e   Callerová, Jitka ^b   Dostál, Pavel ^f   Černý, Vladimír ^a,b  

^a Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region Beroun   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c Hradec Kralove Region Emergency Medical Services   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^e Usti nad Labem Region Emergency Medical Services   (Czech Republic)

^f Department of Anesthesia ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC PATIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CZECH REPUBLIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 83555178461     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.10.005     Document Type: Letter

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