Pediatric advanced life support re-training by videoconferencing compared to face-to-face instruction: A planned non-inferiority trial

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-117

  Weeks, Douglas L ^a,b   Molsberry, Dianne M ^c  

^a Inland Northwest Health Services   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sacred Heart Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; American heart association; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Paediatric resuscitation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 51749116212     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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