Primary respiratory arrest recognised by emergency medical technicians and followed by cardiac arrest in Japan: Identification of a subgroup of EMT-witnessed cardiac arrests with an extremely poor outcome

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1098-1105

  Ohta, Keisuke ^a   Nishi, Taiki ^a   Tanaka, Yoshio ^a   Takei, Yutaka ^a   Enami, Miki ^a   Inaba, Hideo ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Emergency medical technician; Healthcare provider; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Outcomes; Primary respiratory arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL VENTILATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY RESPIRATORY ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865307360     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.09.036     Document Type: Article

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