Simplified dispatch-assisted CPR instructions outperform standard protocol

Resuscitation

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Dias, J A ^a   Brown, T B ^b   Saini, D ^a   Shah, R C ^a   Cofield, S S ^a   Waterbor, J W ^a   Funkhouser, E ^a   Terndrup, T E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33845413597     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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