Association between survival and early versus later rhythm analysis in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Do agency-level factors influence outcomes?

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Rea, Thomas ^a   Prince, David ^a   Morrison, Laurie ^b   Callaway, Clifton ^c   Aufderheide, Tom ^d   Daya, Mohamed ^e   Stiell, Ian ^f   Christenson, Jim ^g   Powell, Judy ^a   Warden, Craig ^e   Van Ottingham, Lois ^a   Kudenchuk, Peter ^a   Weisfeldt, Myron ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84903156898     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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