Geographic factors are associated with increased risk for out-of hospital cardiac arrests and provision of bystander cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in Singapore

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1153-1160

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a   Wah, Win ^b   Hsu, Li Yang ^b   Ng, Yih Ying ^c   Leong, Benjamin Sieu Hon ^d   Goh, E Shaun ^e   Gan, Han Nee ^f   Tham, Lai Peng ^g   Charles, Rabind Antony ^h   Foo, David Chee Guan ⁱ   Earnest, Arul ^j  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Medical Department   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^j DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Epidemiology; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Prehospital emergency care; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESPONSE TIME; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL; AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIME; EMERGENCY CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; LOW RISK POPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84906047120     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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