Public perceptions and experiences of myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest and CPR in London

Resuscitation

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-79

  Donohoe, Rachael T ^a   Haefeli, Karen ^a   Moore, Fionna ^a  

^a LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Education; Myocardial infarction; Utstein template

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COST; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PUBLIC OPINION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748320741     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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