Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) courses in Israel: Ten years of experience

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 639-642

  Waisman, Yehezkel ^a,b   Amir, Lisa ^a,b   Mor, Meirav ^a,b   Mimouni, Marc ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Education; Emergency Medicine; Pediatric Advanced Life Support; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; SATISFACTION; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27144446724     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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