Effect of severe acute respiratory syndrome on bystander willingness to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) - Is compression-only preferred to standard CPR?

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-329

  Lam, Kin Kwan ^a   Lau, Fei Lung ^a   Chan, Wai Kwong ^a   Wong, Wing Nam ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bystander CPR; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); chest compression; compression only CPR; resuscitation; severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HONG KONG; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HONG KONG; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 38849155868     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00004957     Document Type: Article

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