Life supporting first aid training of the public-review and recommendations

Resuscitation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-18

  Eisenburger, Philip ^a   Safar, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Education; Emergency medical services; First aid

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033052987     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00034-9     Document Type: Article

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