Regionalization of post-cardiac arrest care: Implementation of a cardiac resuscitation center

American Heart Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Heffner, Alan C ^a   Pearson, David A ^a   Nussbaum, Marcy L ^a   Jones, Alan E ^a,b  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84867491768     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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