Simply add oxygen. Why isn't oxygen administration taught in all resuscitation training?

Resuscitation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-169

  Oxer, Harry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Cardiac arrest; Oxygen; Resuscitation; Training

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BREATHING; EDITORIAL; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TRAINING;

EID: 0033983533     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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