The use of trained volunteers in the response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – the GoodSAM experience

Resuscitation

Volumn 121, Issue , 2017, Pages 123-126

  Smith, Christopher M ^a   Wilson, Mark H ^b   Hartley Sharpe, Christopher ^c   Gwinnutt, Carl ^d   Dicker, Bridget ^e,f   Perkins, Gavin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d RESUSCITATION COUNCIL UK   (United Kingdom)

^e St John's and Trinity Theological Colleges   (New Zealand)

^f AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER; CARDIOVERSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TIME TO TREATMENT;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CELL PHONE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LONDON; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 85032350032     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.10.020     Document Type: Article

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