Bystander CPR, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Survival in Witnessed, Unmonitored Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Robert A. Swor; Rod Jackson; Mark Cynar; Edward Sadler; Eliezer Basse; Bernice Boji; Edgardo J. Rivera–Rivera; William Grubb; RONALD L. JACOBSON; Dean L. Dalbec

doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70207-5

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MedicineVentricular fibrillationVentricular tachycardiaInternal medicineCardiologyCohortConfidence interval

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Year: 1995
Type: article
Volume: 25
Issue: 6
Pages: 780-784
Citations: 156
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                                    Robert A. Swor, 
                                
                                    Rod Jackson, 
                                
                                    Mark Cynar
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1995). 
                            Bystander CPR, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Survival in Witnessed, Unmonitored Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
                            Annals of Emergency Medicine
                            , 25
                            (6)
                            , 780-784.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70207-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(95)70207-5