Evaluation of staff's retention of ACLS and BLS skills

Resuscitation

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-65

  Smith, Kimberly K ^a   Gilcreast, Darlene ^b   Pierce, Karen ^c  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Team ACLS and BLS   (United States)

Author keywords

ACLS; BLS; CPR; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTERED NURSE; RESUSCITATION; SKILL RETENTION;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 44649131218     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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