Feasibility of life-supporting first-aid (LSFA) training as a mandatory subject in primary schools

Resuscitation

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-220

  Uray, Thomas ^a   Lunzer, Andreas ^a   Ochsenhofer, Andreas ^a   Thanikkel, Leo ^a   Zingerle, Robert ^a   Lillie, Peter ^a   Brandl, Edith ^b   Sterz, Fritz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Vienna Bilingual School   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Child; Education; Schools; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0242391870     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00233-8     Document Type: Article

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