To lead or not to lead? Prospective controlled study of emergency nurses' provision of advanced life support team leadership

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 628-632

  Gilligan, P ^a,b   Bhatarcharjee, C ^b   Knight, G ^a   Smith, M ^b   Hegarty, Deirdre ^b   Shenton, A ^a   Todd, F ^a   Bradley, P ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine on the Yorkshire Rotation ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STAFF; STRESS; TEAMWORK;

EID: 23944521831     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.015321     Document Type: Article

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