Training of police officers as first responders with an automated external defibrillator

Resuscitation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-41

  Kooij, Fabian O ^a   Van Alem, Anouk P ^a   Koster, Rudolph W ^a   De Vos, Rien ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Basic life support (BLS); Desfibrilador autom tico externo (DAE); Desfibrilhadores autom ticos externos (AED); Educa o; Educaci n; Education; Suporte b sico de vida (SBV)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; POLICE;

EID: 4644356553     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.03.015     Document Type: Article

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