Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 11 , Pages 1492-1498, November 2010

Analysis of reasons for emergency call delays in Japan in relation to location: High incidence of correctable causes and the impact of delays on patient outcomes☆

  • Yutaka Takei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Hideo Inaba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 76 265 2825; fax: +81 76 234 4243.
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  • Takahiro Yachida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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  • Miki Enami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshikazu Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Center, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Keisuke Ohta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Science, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan

Received 27 March 2010; received in revised form 10 May 2010; accepted 21 May 2010. published online 20 July 2010.

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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.2010.05.022.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00322-9

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.05.022

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 11 , Pages 1492-1498, November 2010

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