Advances in resuscitation

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 991-1002

  Mottram, Allan R ^a   Page, Richard L ^b  

^a Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

death, sudden; heart arrest; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKILL; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865262856     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.023895     Document Type: Review

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