CPR training in households of patients with chest pain

Resuscitation

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-268

  Chu, Kevin H ^a   May, Christopher R ^a   Clark, Michele J ^b   Breeze, Katina M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adult; Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0038542886     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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