Hanging-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Melbourne, Australia

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-42

  Deasy, Conor ^a,b,c   Bray, Janet ^a   Smith, Karen ^a,b   Bernard, Stephen ^a,b,c   Cameron, Peter ^b,c  

^a Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HANGING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872351846     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-201035     Document Type: Article

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