Never quite there: A tale of resuscitation medicine

Clinical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 573-577

  Chamberlain, Douglas ^a,b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial ventilation; Cardiac massage; Chest compression; Defibrillation; Electrical pacing; History

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART MASSAGE; HEART PACING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0347512084     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.3-6-573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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