"Heartstart Scotland"--initial experience of a national scheme for out of hospital defibrillation.
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"Heartstart Scotland"--initial experience of a national scheme for out of hospital defibrillation.
OBJECTIVE To determine the outcome of out of hospital defibrillation in Scotland during the year after the introduction of automated external defibrillators in October 1988. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of ambulance service reports and hospital records. SETTING Scottish Ambulance Service and acute receiving hospitals throughout Scotland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Delay from cardiac arrest to...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.302.6791.1517