Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jeffrey M Goodloe, Alexis Topjian, Antony Hsu, Robert Dunne, Ashish R Panchal, Michael Levy, Mike McEvoy, Christian Vaillancourt, Jose G Cabanas, Mickey S Eisenberg, Thomas D Rea, Peter J Kudenchuk, Andy Gienapp, Gustavo E Flores, Susan Fuchs, Kathleen M Adelgais, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, Mark Terry, Kelly N Sawyer, Peter Fromm, Micah Panczyk, Michael Kurz, George Lindbeck, David K Tan, Dana P Edelson, Michael R Sayre, Jeffrey M Goodloe, Alexis Topjian, Antony Hsu, Robert Dunne, Ashish R Panchal, Michael Levy, Mike McEvoy, Christian Vaillancourt, Jose G Cabanas, Mickey S Eisenberg, Thomas D Rea, Peter J Kudenchuk, Andy Gienapp, Gustavo E Flores, Susan Fuchs, Kathleen M Adelgais, Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, Mark Terry, Kelly N Sawyer, Peter Fromm, Micah Panczyk, Michael Kurz, George Lindbeck, David K Tan, Dana P Edelson, Michael R Sayre

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Keywords: coronavirus; emergency medical services; guideline; mortality; out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

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