Use and effect of paediatric advanced life support skills for paediatric arrest in the A&E department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 357-362

  Hassan, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced life support skills; Emergency medical services; Paediatric cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE;

EID: 0030733799     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.6.357     Document Type: Article

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