Early defibrillation by EMTs: the Brussels experience

Improving survival from sudden cardiac arrest: the "chain of survival" concept. A statement for health professionals from the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Subcommittee and the Emergency Cardiac Care Committee, American Heart Association.

1991 • 1,484 citations

Ambulatory sudden cardiac death: Mechanisms of production of fatal arrhythmia on the basis of data from 157 cases

1989 • 1,005 citations

Use of the Automatic External Defibrillator in the Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

1988 • 482 citations

Treatment of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests with Rapid Defibrillation by Emergency Medical Technicians

1980 • 470 citations

Clinical, electrophysiologic and hemodynamic profile of patients resuscitated from prehospital cardiac arrest

1980 • 371 citations

Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: I. Factors associated with successful resuscitation.

1979 • 342 citations

Prehospital Defibrillation Performed by Emergency Medical Technicians in Rural Communities

1984 • 307 citations

Amplitude of Ventricular Fibrillation Waveform and Outcome After Cardiac Arrest

1985 • 253 citations

"Heartstart Scotland"--initial experience of a national scheme for out of hospital defibrillation.

1991 • 130 citations

Paramedic programs and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: II. Impact on community mortality.

1979 • 96 citations

Efficacy of out of hospital defibrillation by ambulance technicians using automated external defibrillators. The Heartstart Scotland Project

1992 • 61 citations

Evaluation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques

1989 • 51 citations

Should Semi-Automatic Defibrillators Be Used By Emergency Medical Technicians In Belgium

1992 • 10 citations

Early defibrillation by rescue squads in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

1989 • 1 citations