Results achieved by emergency physicians in teaching basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation to secondary school students

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Jiménez Fábrega, Xavier ^a   Escalada Roig, Xavier ^a   Sánchez, Miquel ^b   Culla, Alexandre ^b   Díaz, Núria ^c   Gómez, Xavier ^a   Villena, Olga ^a   Rodríguez, Esther ^a   Gaspar, Alberto ^a   Molina, José Emilio ^c   Salvador, Jordi ^d   Miró, Òscar ^e  

^a SEMSA ^*

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c Molina School   (Spain)

^d NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^e Emergency Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Emergency physicians; Resuscitation; School; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SATISFACTION; SKILL; TEACHING; THEORY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; LONG TERM MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPAIN;

EID: 68049086733     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32831f47b3     Document Type: Article

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