Teaching recognition of agonal breathing improves accuracy of diagnosing cardiac arrest

Resuscitation

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 432-437

  Perkins, Gavin D ^a   Walker, Gemma ^a   Christensen, Katie ^a   Hulme, Jonathan ^a   Monsieurs, Koenraad G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Circulation; Respiration; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGONAL BREATHING; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING PATTERN; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33747880124     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.01.015     Document Type: Article

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