Basic life support knowledge of undergraduate nursing and chiropractic students

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Josipovic, Patricia ^a   Webb, Michael ^b   Mc Grath, Ian ^b  

^a Director of Nursing   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automated External Defibrillators (AED); Basic life support (BLS); Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR); Education; Knowledge; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649887192     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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