Rescuer Fatigue: Standard versus Continuous Chest-Compression Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1020-1026

  Heidenreich, Joseph W ^a   Berg, Robert A ^a   Higdon, Travis A ^a   Ewy, Gordon A ^a   Kern, Karl B ^a   Sanders, Arthur B ^a  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

basic life support (BLS); cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE;

EID: 33748942138     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.06.049     Document Type: Article

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