Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
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Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
BACKGROUND Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common medical emergency with significant mortality and significant neurological morbidity. Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) may be tasked to OHCA. We sought to assess the impact of tasking a HEMS service to OHCA and characterise the nature of these calls. METHOD Retrospective case review of all HEMS calls to Surrey and Sussex ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Resuscitation
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0300-9572
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.08.249