Should we take patients to hospital in cardiac arrest?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Adams, Bruce D ^a   Benger, Jonathan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

EID: 84988837597     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g5659     Document Type: Article

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