An audit of basic life support skills amongst general practitioner principals: is there a need for regular training?

Resuscitation

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-175

  Hollis, Sarah ^a   Gillespie, Neal ^a  

^a EH13 OAW ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; STANDARD; TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034066112     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00134-9     Document Type: Article

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