National initiatives to improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in England

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 448-451

  Perkins, Gavin D ^a   Lockey, Andrew S ^b   De Belder, Mark A ^c   Moore, Fionna ^d   Weissberg, Peter ^e   Gray, Huon ^f   Pitcher, David ^g   Benger, Jonathan ^g   O'Sullivan, Judy ^g   Gillespie, Maura ^g   Sturtevant, Melanie ^g   Colquhoun, Mick ^g   Knapton, Mike ^g   McGuire, Neil ^g   Mitchell, Sarah ^g   Irving, Steve ^g   Quinn, Tom ^g   Toff, William ^g   Kelly, Catherine ^g   Soar, Jasmeet ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b RESUSCITATION COUNCIL UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION; ENGLAND; HUMAN; NOTE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BYSTANDER EFFECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; STANDARDS;

BYSTANDER EFFECT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84942163594     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-204847     Document Type: Note

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