The implementation of a dual dispatch system in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with improved short and long term survival

European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 293-303

  Nordberg, Per ^a   Hollenberg, Jacob ^a   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^b   Herlitz, Johan ^c,d   Jonsson, Martin ^a   Järnbert Petterson, Hans ^a   Forsberg, Sune ^a   Dahlqvist, Tobias ^a   Ringh, Mattias ^a   Svensson, Leif ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; defibrillation; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84965091085     PISSN: 20488726     EISSN: 20488734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2048872614532415     Document Type: Article

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