Cardiopulmonary resuscitation surprise drills for assessing, improving and maintaining cardiopulmonary resuscitation skills of hospital personnel

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 332-336

  Farah, Raymond ^a   Stiner, Eva ^a   Zohar, Zmora ^a   Zveibil, Fabio ^a   Eisenman, Arie ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

CPR training; Resuscitation; Surprise drills

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ISRAEL; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35649019707     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328285d6d6     Document Type: Article

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