Cardiac arrest survival is rare without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-455

  Wampler, David A ^a,b   Collett, Lindsey ^c,d   Manifold, Craig A ^a,b   Velasquez, Christopher ^a,b   McMullan, Jason T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b San Antonio Fire Department   (United States)

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

^d Cincinnati Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Prehospital; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OHIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865738986     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.695435     Document Type: Article

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