Assessment of the general knowledge of emergency physicians from hospitals of the city of Salvador (Brazil) on the care of cardiac arrest patients;Avaliação do conhecimento geral de médicos emergencistas de hospitais de Salvador - Bahia sobre o atendimento de vítimas com parada cardiorrespiratória

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Filgueiras Filho, Nivaldo Menezes ^a,b   Bandeira, Antônio Carlos ^a   Delmondes, Thales ^a   Oliveira, Adriano ^a   Lima Jr , Alberto Soares ^a   Cruz, Vinicius ^a   Vilas Boas, Fábio ^a   Rabelo Jr , Álvaro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support); Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Medical training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; LONG TERM CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33846357840     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2006001800014     Document Type: Article

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