Elderly out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has worse outcomes with a family bystander than a non-family bystander

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Akahane, Manabu ^a   Tanabe, Seizan ^b   Koike, Soichi ^c   Ogawa, Toshio ^a   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^d   Yasunaga, Hideo ^d   Imamura, Tomoaki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Foundation for Ambulance Service Development   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Bystander type; Elderly; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY BYSTANDER; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON FAMILY BYSTANDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84877694347     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-5-41     Document Type: Article

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