A rationale for staged teaching of basic life support

Resuscitation

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-143

  Assar, David ^a   Chamberlain, Douglas ^a,c   Colquhoun, Michael ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^a   Handley, Anthony J ^a   Leaves, Steve ^a   Kern, Karl B ^b   Mayor, Sharon ^a  

^a Lansdowne Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Chest compression; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOGS; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0032450286     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(98)00140-3     Document Type: Article

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