Current issues in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-30

  Sayre, Michael R ^a   Swor, Robert ^b   Pepe, Paul E ^c   Overton, Jerry ^d  

^a Bethesda North Hospital   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Richmond Ambulance Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compressions; Defibrillation; Prehospital care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0037234151     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390937058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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