Instructions to "put the phone down" do not improve the quality of bystander initiated dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Brown, Todd B ^a   Saini, Devashish ^b   Pepper, Tracy ^b   Mirza, Muzna ^b   Nandigam, Hari Krishna ^b   Kaza, Niroop ^b   Cofield, Stacey S ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander CPR; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDIZATION; TIME;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 37849016188     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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