Dispatchers impression plus Medical Priority Dispatch System reduced dispatch centre times in cases of out of hospital cardiac arrest. Pre-alert - A prospective, cluster randomized trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 883-888

  Weiser, Christoph ^a   van Tulder, Raphael ^a   Stöckl, Mathias ^a   Schober, Andreas ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Chwojka, Christof C ^b   Hopfgartner, Alexander ^b   Novosad, Heinz ^b   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Emergency Communication and Coordination Centre of Lower Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Telephone; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRIORITY DISPATCH SYSTEM; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AUSTRIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84878836019     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.12.017     Document Type: Article

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