First aid in acute stroke: Introducing a concept of first action to laypersons

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1342-1346

  Handschu, René ^a,b   Reitmayer, Michael ^b   Raschick, Marlitt ^a   Erbguth, Frank ^c   Neundörfer, Bernhard ^a   Babjar, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Bavarian Division   (Germany)

^c Department of Neurology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Emergency medical service; First aid; Health education; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GERMANY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STROKE; SYMPTOM; TEACHING; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750616034     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0219-7     Document Type: Article

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