Australian Resuscitation Guidelines: Applying the evidence and simplifying the process

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-321

  Wassertheil, Jeff ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; VICTIM;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 33745544361     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00892.x     Document Type: Review

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