Dual dispatch early defibrillation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a mixed urban-rural population

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1197-1202

  Saner, Hugo ^a   Morger, Cyrill ^b   Eser, Prisca ^a   von Planta, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Notfallzentrum Hirslanden Bern   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Fire fighters; First responders; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FIRE FIGHTERS; FIRST RESPONDERS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84882878034     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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