Knowledge of the national emergency telephone number and prevalence and characteristics of those trained in CPR in Queensland: Baseline information for targeted training interventions

Resuscitation

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-69

  Clark, Michele J ^a   Enraght Moony, Emma ^b   Balanda, Kevin P ^a   Lynch, Michele ^b   Tighe, Trevor ^b   FitzGerald, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency medical services; Out of hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART ARREST; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0036225577     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00486-5     Document Type: Article

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