The effect of rescuer fatigue on the quality of chest compressions

Resuscitation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 149-152

  Ochoa, F Javier ^a   Ramalle Gomara E ^b,c   Lisa, V ^a   Saralegui, I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^b Epidemiol and Hlth Prom Service   (Spain)

^c Research Support Unit in La Rioja   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac massage; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Manikin; Rescuer fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATION; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNUM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MANIKINS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032103734     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(98)00057-4     Document Type: Article

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