Use of advanced life support skills

Resuscitation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Hulme, Jonathan ^a   Perkins, Gavin D ^a   Baldock, Catherine ^a   MacNamara, Aidan ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Cardiac arrest team; First responder; Resuscitation; Training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SKILL;

EID: 0037966525     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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