Misplaced links in the chain of survival due to an incorrect manual for the emergency call at public facilities

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Takei, Yutaka ^a   Nishi, Taiki ^b   Takase, Keiko ^b   Kamikura, Takahisa ^b   Inaba, Hideo ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergency call; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Prospective cohort study; Public facilities; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CALL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84893524604     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1865-1380-6-33     Document Type: Article

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