An evaluation of 9-1-1 calls to assess the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions: design and methodology

BACKGROUND: Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of mortality in Canada, and the overall survival rate for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rarely exceeds 5%. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to increase survival for cardiac arrest victims. However, bystander CPR rates remai...

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Autores principales: Vaillancourt, Christian, Charette, Manya L, Stiell, Ian G, Wells, George A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18986546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-8-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2585572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18986546
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-8-12

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