Response to cardiac arrests in a hospital setting: Delays in ventilation

Resuscitation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-23

  Brenner, Barry E ^a,c   Kauffmann, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Human immunodeficiency virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE MASK; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

EID: 0030064247     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9572(95)00905-1     Document Type: Article

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