The significance of pre-arrest factors in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests witnessed by emergency medical services: A report from the Victorian Ambulance Cardiac Arrest Registry

Resuscitation

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-42

  Nehme, Z ^a,b   Andrew, E ^a,b   Bray, J E ^b   Cameron, P ^b   Bernard, S ^a,b,c   Meredith, I T ^d   Smith, K ^a,b,e  

^a Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Prodromal symptoms; Prognostication; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; INFUSION FLUID; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAW PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; REGISTER; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; RHYTHM; SHOULDER PAIN; SORE THROAT; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING; AGED; AMBULANCE; AUSTRALIA; INCIDENCE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

AGED; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84922814617     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.12.009     Document Type: Article

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