Outcome after cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation is dependent on critical
interventions, particularly early defibrillation, effective chest compressions, and advanced …

Utstein-style guidelines contribute to improved public health internationally by providing a
structured framework with which to compare emergency medical services systems …

Utstein-style reporting templates provide a structured framework with which to compare
systems of care for cardiac arrest. The 2004 Utstein reporting template encompassed both …

Resuscitation has become an important multidisciplinary branch of medicine, calling for a
spectrum of skills and attracting a plethora of specialities and organisations. Each of these …

R esuscitation has become an important multi-disciplinary branch of medicine, demanding a
spectrumof skills and attracting a pleth-ora of specialties and organizations, eachof which …

Background Since development of the Utstein style recommendations for the uniform
reporting of cardiac arrest, increasing numbers of national and regional out-of-hospital …

We do not know the true effectiveness of in-hospital resuscitation. Observed results of the
many published studies vary greatly. Studies originate from different settings and have …

Objectives Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) varies between communities,
due in part to variation in the methods of measurement. The Utstein template was …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest depends on the links in the
chain of survival. The Utstein elements are designed to assess these links and provide the …

Introduction: The in-hospital Utstein template for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was
assessed in four secondary hospitals (334–441 beds) which did not have systematic data …