Finger position for chest compressions in cardiac arrest in infants

Resuscitation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-46

  Clements, Fiona ^a   McGowan, John ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BLS; Cardiac arrest; Chest compression; Infant; Paediatric resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FINGER; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STERNUM; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STERNUM;

EID: 0034160152     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00165-3     Document Type: Article

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