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Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 344-350 , March 2007

The Cochrane Library as a Resource for Evidence on Out-of-Hospital Health Care Interventions

Presented at the Spark of Life Conference, Adelaide, Australia, April 14 to April 26, 2005.

Erin Smith, BHlthInfoManagement, MClinEpi
- the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Smith, Jennings, MacPherson, O'Brien, Archer)
- Address for correspondence: Erin Smith, BHlthInfoManagement, MClinEpi, Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 3199; +61-3-99044213, fax +61-4-99044168
Paul Jennings, BN, MClinEpi
- the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Smith, Jennings, MacPherson, O'Brien, Archer)
Steve McDonald, MA
- the Australasian Cochrane Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (McDonald)
Chris MacPherson, Dip Ambulance and Paramedic Studies
- the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Smith, Jennings, MacPherson, O'Brien, Archer)
Troy O'Brien, Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)
- the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Smith, Jennings, MacPherson, O'Brien, Archer)
Frank Archer, BMedSc (Hons), MBBS, MEd, MPH
- the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Smith, Jennings, MacPherson, O'Brien, Archer)

Received 16 January 2006 ,Revised 12 September 2006 ,Accepted 29 September 2006.

Study methodology and selection of included research publications.

Study methodology and selection of included research publications.
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Description of search strategy used to search the Cochrane Library for out-of-hospital reviews and trials.

Description of search strategy used to search the Cochrane Library for out-of-hospital reviews and trials.
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Three-category scale used to select the included studies.

Three-category scale used to select the included studies.
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Number of out-of-hospital-based trials by year of publication.

Number of out-of-hospital-based trials by year of publication.
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Supervising editor: Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc

Author contributions: ES and FA conceived and designed the study, and ES and SM developed the search strategy. ES, PJ, CM, TO, and FA retrieved records and reviewed study data. ES drafted the article, with PJ, SM, and FA contributing substantially to its revision. ES takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

Reprints not available from the authors.

Funding and support: Funding for this study was provided by the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedics Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. The Web site for the Cochrane Prehospital and Emergency Health Field is http://www.cochranepehf.org. The field is funded by the Department of Health and Ageing of the Australian Federal Government and the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Frank Archer and Erin Smith are Field Convener and Field Coordinator, respectively.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02343-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.026

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