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The tiered response mobile intensive care system has been very successful in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Communities utilizing such a system have reported high resuscitation rates, with as many as 60% of patients with cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation being admitted to hospital [1]. This group of patients had a hospital discharge rate of 30%. This chapter discusses the development of tiered response systems and the factors accounting for successful resuscitation.
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Eisenberg, M.S., Bergner, L., Hallstrom, A.P. (1985). The Tiered Response Mobile Intensive Care System in the Managment of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. In: Califf, R.M., Wagner, G.S. (eds) Acute Coronary Care. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3828-4_27
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