The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study: Rationale and methodology for cardiac arrest patients

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作者
Stiell, IG [1 ]
Wells, GA [1 ]
Spaite, DW [1 ]
Lyver, MB [1 ]
Munkley, DP [1 ]
Field, BJ [1 ]
Dagnone, E [1 ]
Maloney, JP [1 ]
Jones, GR [1 ]
Luinstra, LG [1 ]
Jermyn, BD [1 ]
Ward, R [1 ]
DeMaio, VJ [1 ]
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[1] Univ Ottawa, Ottawa Civic Hosp, Loeb Res Inst,Div Emergency Med, Clin Epidemiol Unit, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
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10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70135-0
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R4 [临床医学];
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1002 ; 100602 ;
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The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support Study represents the largest prehospital study yet conducted, worldwide. This study will involve more than 25,000 cardiac arrest, trauma, and critically ill patients over an 8-year period. The study will evaluate the incremental benefit of rapid defibrillation and prehospital Advanced Cardiac Life Support measures for cardiac arrest survival and the benefit of Advanced Life Support for patients with traumatic injuries and other critically ill prehospital patients. This article describes the OPALS study with regard to the rationale and methodology for cardiac arrest patients.
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