The place of general practitioners in the management of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Resuscitation

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Soo, Lin ^a   Smith, Neville ^a   Gray, David ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032786227     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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