Outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest witnessed by EMS: Changes over time and factors of importance for outcome in Sweden

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1253-1258

  Axelsson, Christer ^a   Claesson, Andreas ^b   Engdahl, Johan ^c   Herlitz, Johan ^a   Hollenberg, Jacob ^d   Lindqvist, Jonny ^e   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^d   Svensson, Leif ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b Kungalv Ambulance Service   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crew witnessed; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865864086     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.01.043     Document Type: Article

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