Acceptance of family member presence during pediatric resuscitations in the emergency department: Effects of personal experience

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-87

  Sacchetti, Alfred ^a   Carraccio, Carol ^b   Leva, Ernie ^c   Harris, Russell H ^a   Lichenstein, Richard ^b  

^a OUR LADY OF LOURDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Family members; Pediatric resuscitation; Practice experience; Relatives presence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HUMAN; LACERATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; RESUSCITATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0034004110     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200004000-00004     Document Type: Article

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