Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Errors made by pre-hospital emergency medical personnel

Resuscitation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Liberman, Moishe ^a   Lavoie, André ^b   Mulder, David ^a   Sampalis, John ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Research Module   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Errors; Pre hospital emergency medical personnel

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING;

ADULT; CANADA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032876441     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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