CPR with chest compression alone or with rescue breathing

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 423-433

  Rea, Thomas D ^a,b   Fahrenbruch, Carol ^a   Culley, Linda ^a   Donohoe, Rachael T ^c   Hambly, Cindy ^d   Innes, Jennifer ^c   Bloomingdale, Megan ^a   Subido, Cleo ^a   Romines, Steven ^d   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a,b  

^a Pub Health Seattle and King County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Thurston County Medic One   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955069236     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0908993     Document Type: Article

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