Barriers to dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Singapore

Resuscitation

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 149-155

  Ho, Andrew Fu Wah ^a   Sim, Zariel Jiaying ^b   Shahidah, Nur ^c   Hao, Ying ^c   Ng, Yih Yng ^d   Leong, Benjamin S H ^e   Zarinah, Siti ^f   Teo, Winston K L ^f   Goh, Geraldine Shu Yi ^f   Jaafar, Hamizah ^f   Ong, Marcus E H ^c,g  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Medical Department   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f Joint Operations Department Singapore Armed Force   (Singapore)

^g DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bystander; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Dispatcher assisted; Telephone CPR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; DISPATCHER ASSISTED CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE; TIME; EDUCATION; HEART MASSAGE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SINGAPORE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84974683995     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2016.05.006     Document Type: Article

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