The influence of time on the accuracy of healthcare personnel to diagnose paediatric cardiac arrest by pulse palpation

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 671-675

  Tibballs, James ^a,b   Weeranatna, Cyveen ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Diagnosis; Paediatrics; Pulse palpation; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; NURSE; PALPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSES; PALPATION; PHYSICIANS; PULSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952891700     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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