Description of Emergency Medical Services, treatment of cardiac arrest patients and cardiac arrest registries in Europe

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Authors

Ingvild Tjelmeland · Oslo University Hospital

Siobhán Masterson · Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

Johan Herlitz · European Resuscitation Council

Jan Wnent · University of Namibia

Leo Bossaert · University of Antwerp

Fernando Rosell-Ortiz · European Resuscitation Council

Kristin Alm-Kruse ·

Abstract

Throughout Europe there are important differences in Emergency Medical Service systems and the response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Explaining these differences is complicated due to significant variation in how variables are reported to and used in registries.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency and Acute Care Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volume 28, Issue 1, pp. 103-103

DOI: 10.1186/s13049-020-00798-7

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