Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lyon, Richard M ^a   Nelson, Magnus J ^b  

^a Redhill Aerodrome   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Sussex Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Helicopter emergency medical services; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871887645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-21-1     Document Type: Article

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