Evaluation of a defibrillator-basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation programme for non medical personnel

Resuscitation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-172

  Wik, Lars ^a   Dorph, Elizabeth ^a   Auestad, Bjørn ^b   Steen, Petter Andreas ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

AED; Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Education; Manikin; Retention; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZATION; RANK SUM TEST; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; NORWAY; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0037313004     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00351-9     Document Type: Article

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