Guidance for ambulance personnel on decisions and situations related to out-of-hospital CPR

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-31

  Ågård, Anders ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^b   Castrén, Maaret ^c   Jonsson, Lars ^d   Sandman, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Ethics; Practice guideline; Prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 83555179192     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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