The effect of a Voice Assist Manikin (VAM) system on CPR quality among prehospital providers

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Hostler, David ^a,b   Wang, Henry ^a   Parrish, Kevin ^c   Platt, Thomas E ^b   Guimond, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Laerdal Medical   (United States)

Author keywords

CPR; Fatigue; Manikin; Prehospital; Voice feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; HEART MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME; VOICE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VOICE;

EID: 23244447043     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590891660     Document Type: Article

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