General practice and cardiac arrest community first response in Ireland
Background: In Ireland, the MERIT 3 scheme enables doctors to volunteer as cardiac arrest community first responders and receive text message alerts from emergency medical services (EMS) to facilitate early care. Aim: To establish the sustainability, systems and clinical outcomes of a novel, general...
Main Authors: | Tomas Barry, Mary Headon, Martin Quinn, Mairead Egan, Siobhan Masterson, Conor Deasy, Gerard Bury |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | Resuscitation Plus |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666520421000527 |
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