Attitudes towards CPR training and performance in family members of patients with heart disease

Resuscitation

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 273-280

  Platz, Elke ^a   Scheatzle, Mark D ^b   Pepe, Paul E ^c   Dearwater, Stephen R ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Out of hospital CPR; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033695418     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00245-8     Document Type: Article

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