Education in cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Sweden and its clinical consequences

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Stromsoe A ^a,b   Andersson, B ^c   Ekstrom L ^b   Herlitz, J ^b,d   Axelsson, Å ^e   Goransson K E ^f,g   Svensson, L ^h   Holmberg, S ^b  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Resuscitation Council   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 74249114587     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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