Time to intervene: Lessons from the NCEPOD report

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1305-1306

  Perkins, Gavin D ^a,b   Temple, R Mark ^b   George, Rob ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867230565     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.08.332     Document Type: Editorial

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