Basic cardiac life support education for non-medical hospital employees

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 327-330

  Sim, M S ^a   Jo, I J ^a   Song, H G ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RATING SCALE; RESUSCITATION; SCORING SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; KOREA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849095958     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.063594     Document Type: Article

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