Impact of a public awareness campaign on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and mortality rates

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Impact of a public awareness campaign on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and mortality rates

Aims: Increased public awareness of the warning signs of a heart attack and the importance of early medical intervention may help to prevent premature deaths from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We sought to investigate the impact of the Heart Foundation's public awareness campaigns on t...

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Main Authors:	Nehme, Z., Andrew, E., Bernard, S., Patsamanis, H., Cameron, P., Bray, Janet, Meredith, I., Smith, K.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54351

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