A randomized trial of continuous versus interrupted chest compressions in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Rationale for and design of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Continuous Chest Compressions Trial

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 334-341.e5

  Brown, Siobhan P ^a   Wang, Henry ^b   Aufderheide, Tom P ^c   Vaillancourt, Christian ^d   Schmicker, Robert H ^a   Cheskes, Sheldon ^e   Straight, Ron ^f   Kudenchuk, Peter ^a   Morrison, Laurie ^e   Colella, M Riccardo ^c   Condle, Joseph ^g   Gamez, George ^h   Hostler, David ^g   Kayea, Tami ^h   Ragsdale, Sally ^a   Stephens, Shannon ^b   Nichol, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Emergency and Health Services Commission of British Columbia   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h Dallas Fire Rescue ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTINUOUS CHEST COMPRESSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTERRUPTED CHEST COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL EMERGENCY VENTILATOR; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEART MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84926140667     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.11.011     Document Type: Article

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