Stress reactions and perceived difficulties of lay responders to a medical emergency

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-106

  Riegel, Barbara ^a   Mosesso, Vincent N ^b   Birnbaum, Alice ^c   Bosken, Lois ^d   Evans, Lisa M ^e   Feeny, David ^f,g,h,i   Holohan, Jennifer ^j   Jones, Constance D ^k   Peberdy, Mary Ann ^l   Powell, Judy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d East Coast Clinical Research   (United States)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^h CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ Health Utilities Incorporated   (Canada)

^j MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k The City of Calgary   (Canada)

^l VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Bystander CPR; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Training; Witnessed cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THINKING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33745142137     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.10.029     Document Type: Article

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