Standards and Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC)

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 255, Issue 21, 1986, Pages 2905-2984

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ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUIDELINE; HEART; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; THERAPY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; ARRHYTHMIA; BIOETHICS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CONGRESSES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FOREIGN BODIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0022587057     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03370210073024     Document Type: Article

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