The acquisition and maintenance of defibrillation skills by lay first responders

Resuscitation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Zeitz, Christopher J ^a   Zeitz, Kathryn M ^a   Ward, Gaynor ^a   Inglis, Andrew ^a  

^a St John Ambulance Australia Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; First responder; St John; Training

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

AUSTRALIA; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS;

EID: 0037223549     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00282-4     Document Type: Article

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