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

I. G. Stiell; G. A. Wells; D. W. Spaite; M. B. Lyver; D. P. Munkley; B. J. Field; E. Dagnone; J. P. Maloney; G. R. Jones; L. G. Luinstra; B. D. Jermyn; R. Ward; V. J. DeMaio

doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70135-0

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

I. G. Stiell, G. A. Wells, D. W. Spaite, M. B. Lyver, D. P. Munkley, B. J. Field, E. Dagnone, J. P. Maloney, G. R. Jones, L. G. Luinstra, B. D. Jermyn, R. Ward, V. J. DeMaio

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	180-190
Number of pages	11
Journal	Annals of emergency medicine
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70135-0
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Stiell, I. G., Wells, G. A., Spaite, D. W., Lyver, M. B., Munkley, D. P., Field, B. J., Dagnone, E., Maloney, J. P., Jones, G. R., Luinstra, L. G., Jermyn, B. D., Ward, R., & DeMaio, V. J. (1998). The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study: Rationale and methodology for cardiac arrest patients. Annals of emergency medicine, 32(2), 180-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70135-0

Stiell, IG, Wells, GA, Spaite, DW, Lyver, MB, Munkley, DP, Field, BJ, Dagnone, E, Maloney, JP, Jones, GR, Luinstra, LG, Jermyn, BD, Ward, R & DeMaio, VJ 1998, 'The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study: Rationale and methodology for cardiac arrest patients', Annals of emergency medicine, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 180-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-0644(98)70135-0

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