Is the public equipped to act in out of hospital cardiac emergencies?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-87

  Smith, Karen L ^a   Cameron, P A ^b   McR Meyer, A D ^b   McNeil, J J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; COMPETENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEAR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037255640     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.20.1.85     Document Type: Article

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