Open AccessCardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Public Access Defibrillation in the Current Era—Can We Do Better Yet?
Author(s) -
Berger Stuart
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.114.000945
Subject(s) - medicine , defibrillation , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , resuscitation , automated external defibrillator , medical emergency , ventricular fibrillation , observational study , chain of survival , public access , population , emergency medicine , basic life support , library science , environmental health , computer science
The paper in this edition of JAHA by Iwami, et al. entitled “Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Public Location in the Public-Access Defibrillation Era”[1][1] offers very encouraging data with regard to the improving outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The information