Predicting survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A graphic model

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MedicineDefibrillationVentricular fibrillationEmergency medical servicesCardiopulmonary resuscitationSurvival rateShock (circulatory)Sudden cardiac arrestEmergency medicineAutomated external defibrillatorMedical emergencyResuscitationCardiologyInternal medicine

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 22
Issue: 11
Pages: 1652-1658
Citations: 1230
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                                    Mary Pat Larsen, 
                                
                                    Mickey S. Eisenberg, 
                                
                                    Richard O. Cummins
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            Predicting survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A graphic model. 
                            Annals of Emergency Medicine
                            , 22
                            (11)
                            , 1652-1658.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81302-2
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)81302-2