Performance goals for dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1490-1491

  Ornato, Joseph P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISPATCHER ASSISTED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDITORIALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

EID: 84885023623     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005496     Document Type: Editorial

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