Public access defibrillation remains out of reach for most victims of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 619-623

  Deakin, Charles D ^a,b   Shewry, Elizabeth ^c   Gray, Huon H ^c  

^a South Central Ambulance Service   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896918730     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-305030     Document Type: Article

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