Warning symptoms preceding out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Do patient delays matter?

Although increasing patient delays between symptom onset and activation of emergency medical services (EMS) can lead to poorer outcomes following acute myocardial infarction, its effect in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) populations is unclear.

Source: Resuscitation - December 15, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Ziad Nehme, Stephen Bernard, Emily Andrew, Peter Cameron, Janet E. Bray, Karen Smith Source Type: research