Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 422-426 , April 2010

Improving outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by strengthening weak links of the local Chain of Survival; quality of advanced life support and post-resuscitation care

  • Inger Lund-Kordahl

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Theresa M. Olasveengen

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Kirkeveien 166, N-0407 Oslo, Norway. Tel.: +47 22119690; fax: +47 23016799.
    • ,
  • Tonje Lorem

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Martin Samdal

      Affiliations

    • Medical Faculty, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Lars Wik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway
    • National Competence Centre for Emergency Medicine, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Kjetil Sunde

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, N-0407 Oslo, Norway

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 1 December 2009 ,Accepted 9 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.020.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.020

Resuscitation
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