Regionalisation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest care for patients without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1338-1342

  Cha, Won Chul ^a,f   Lee, Seung Chul ^b,f   Shin, Sang Do ^c,f   Song, Kyoung Jun ^c,f   Sung, Ae Jin ^d   Hwang, Seung Sik ^e,f  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emergency medical service; Hospital volume; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Regionalisation; Transport interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; BLOOD CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT TRANSFER; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867233133     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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