Comparison of emergency medical services systems in the pan-Asian resuscitation outcomes study countries: Report from a literature review and survey

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-63

  Ong, Marcus Eh ^a,b   Cho, Jungheum ^c   Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^d   Tanaka, Hideharu ^e   Nishiuchi, Tatsuya ^f   Al Sakaf, Omer ^g   Abdul Karim, Sarah ^h   Khunkhlai, Nalinas ⁱ   Atilla, Ridvan ^j   Lin, Chih Hao ^k   Shahidah, Nur ^a   Lie, Desiree ^b,l   Shin, Sang Do ^m  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Technical Support Department   (United Arab Emirates)

^h HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

ⁱ RAJAVITHI HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^j DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Comparison; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CERTIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL SERVICE; PAN ASIAN RESUSCITATION OUTCOMES STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; THAILAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ASIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873468209     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12032     Document Type: Article

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