Using a cardiac arrest registry to measure the quality of emergency medical service care decade of findings from the Victorian Ambulance cardiac arrest registry

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-66

  Nehme, Ziad ^a,b   Bernard, Stephen ^a,b,c   Cameron, Peter ^b   Bray, Janet E ^b   Meredith, Ian T ^d   Lijovic, Marijana ^a,b   Smith, Karen ^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

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Death; Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Sudden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CARDIAC ARREST REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RISK; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927615880     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001185     Document Type: Article

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