Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Cork, Ireland

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 496-500

  Henry, Kieran ^a   Murphy, Adrian ^b   Willis, David ^a   Cusack, Stephen ^b   Bury, Gerard ^c   O'Sullivan, Iomhar ^b   Deasy, Conor ^d  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RURAL AREA; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAESTHESIA; BASIC AMBULANCE CARE; CARDIAC ARREST; CARDIAC CARE; CBRN; CLINICAL CARE; DOCTORS IN PHC; EDUCATION; EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; MAJOR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT; OHCA; OUTCOME; PARAMEDICS; PRE-HOSPITAL; REGISTRY; RESUSCITATION; RURAL; TRAINING; TRAUMA; TREATMENT; ULTRASOUND; URBAN;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878014617     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200888     Document Type: Article

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