Effect of listening to Nellie the Elephant during CPR training on performance of chest compressions by lay people: Randomised crossover trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7735, 2009, Pages 1429-

  Rawlins, L ^a   Woollard, M ^b   Williams, J ^c   Hallam, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MUSIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHEST WALL OSCILLATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149098715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4707     Document Type: Article

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