The Cardiocerebral Resuscitation protocol for treatment of out-of-hospital primary cardiac arrest

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ewy, Gordon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiocerebral resuscitation; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical system; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Primary cardiac arrest; Resuscitation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84866167957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-65     Document Type: Review

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