Relative merits of ARC guidelines for ECC

Resuscitation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-191

  Reynolds, Pam E ^a   Turner, Michelle M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b Metropolitan Ambulance Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active compression decompression; Basic Life Support; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; External Cardiac Compression

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND PALM; HEART ARREST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STERNUM; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038735622     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00440-9     Document Type: Article

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