The scene time interval and basic life support termination of resuscitation rule in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-109

  Kim, Tae Han ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^b   Kim, Yu Jin ^b   Kim, Chu Hyun ^c   Kim, Jeong Eun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Biomedical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Decision support technique; Out of hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVERSION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REFUSAL TO TREAT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84944876871     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2015.30.1.104     Document Type: Article

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