EMS provider reluctance to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-52

  Melanson, Scott W ^a   O'Gara, Kevin ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mouth to mouth resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0033965341     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941641     Document Type: Article

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