Community cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in Greece

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Konstandinos, Hatzakis D ^a,b   Evangelos, Kritsotakis I ^a   Stamatia, Karadimitri ^a   Thyresia, Sikioti ^a   Zacharenia, Androulaki D ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; Health education; Utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GREECE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42949134807     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20244     Document Type: Article

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