An evaluation of 9-1-1 calls to assess the effectiveness of dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions: design and methodology
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 car...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/8/12 |