Possibilities for, and obstacles to, CPR training among cardiac care patients and their co-habitants

Resuscitation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Thorén, Ann Britt ^a   Axelsson, Åsa B ^a   Herlitz, Johan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Education; Out of hospital CPR; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAREGIVERS; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 20344394907     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.12.015     Document Type: Article

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