Urban and rural differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Ireland

Resuscitation

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-47

  Masterson, S ^a,b   Wright, P ^a   O'Donnell, C ^a   Vellinga, A ^b   Murphy, A W ^b   Hennelly, D ^a   Sinnott, B ^c   Egan, J ^d   O'Reilly, M ⁱ   Keaney, J ^e   Bury, G ^f   Deasy, C ^a,g,h  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c IRISH HEART FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^d Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council   (Ireland)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^g University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

ⁱ State Pathologist's Office   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community response; Geographic variation; Pre hospital resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84929244403     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.03.012     Document Type: Article

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