Bystander basic life support: An important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 484-485

  Marchant, Jeanette ^a   Cheng, Nicholas G ^a   Lam, Lawrence T ^a   Fahy, Fiona E ^a   Soundappan, S V ^a   Cass, Danny T ^a,b   Browne, Gary J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEAR DROWNING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCLIMATE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING POOL; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; NEW SOUTH WALES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWIMMING POOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47049105616     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01725.x     Document Type: Article

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