Are we training the right people yet? A survey of participants in public cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes

Resuscitation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-25

  Brennan, Robert T ^a   Braslow, Allan ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Braslow and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR; CPR training; Education; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032052249     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(98)00026-4     Document Type: Article

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