Dispatch of firefighters and police officers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A nationwide prospective cohort trial using propensity score analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Hasselqvist Ax, Ingela ^a   Nordberg, Per ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^b   Svensson, Leif ^a   Jonsson, Martin ^a   Lindqvist, Jonny ^c   Ringh, Mattias ^a   Claesson, Andreas ^a   Björklund, Johan ^e   Jan Otto Andersson, ^f   Ericson, Caroline ^d   Lindblad, Pär ^g   Engerström, Lars ^h   Rosenqvist, Märten ⁱ   Hollenberg, Jacob ^j  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Section of Cardiology   (Spain)

^c School of Business and IT   (Spain)

^d Institute of Medicine   (Spain)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Fire and Rescue Service Dala Middle   (Spain)

^g Emergency Medical Services   (Spain)

^h Varnamo County Hospital   (Spain)

ⁱ SOS Alarm Centers   (Spain)

^j Section of Cardiology   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Dispatch center; Emergency medical services; Firefighters; First responders; Out of hospital cardiac arrest; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY POLICE DISPATCHER; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIREFIGHTERS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; POLICE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85032209597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.005873     Document Type: Article

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