Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 518-523 , May 2010

A geospatial assessment of transport distance and survival to discharge in out of hospital cardiac arrest patients: Implications for resuscitation centers

  • Michael T. Cudnik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 4510 Cramblett Medical Clinic Room 4510, 456 W 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, United States. Fax: +1 614 293 3124.
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  • Robert H. Schmicker

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
    • ,
  • Christian Vaillancourt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Craig D. Newgard

      Affiliations

    • Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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  • James M. Christenson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
    • ,
  • Daniel P. Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Robert A. Lowe

      Affiliations

    • Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
    • ,
  • the ROC Investigators

Received 16 September 2009 ,Revised 25 November 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.030.

☆☆ Presented in Abstract Form at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Research Forum, New Orleans, LA, May 17, 2009.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00017-1

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.030

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 518-523 , May 2010

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