Ability of Citizens in a Senior Living Community to Perform Lifesaving Cardiac Skills and Appropriately Utilize AEDs

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-399

  Richman, Peter B ^a   Bobrow, Bentley J ^a   Clark, Lani ^b   Noelck, North ^c   Sanders, Arthur B ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Health Services   (United States)

^c Scottsdale Police Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AED; cardiac arrest; CPR; defibrillation; senior citizens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CITIZENSHIP; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

AGED; ARIZONA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 36549060984     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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