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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Main Authors: Stiell Ian G, Charette Manya L, Vaillancourt Christian, Wells George A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/8/12

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