Accuracy of pulse checks in terms of basic life support by lifesavers, as lay persons

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1895-1899

  Nakagawa, Yoshihide ^a,b   Inokuchi, Sadaki ^a   Morita, Seiji ^a   Akieda, Kazuki ^b,c   Kaji, Arito ^a   Komin, Tsutomu ^b,d   Inagaki, Yuumi ^b,d   Yamamoto, Toshiharu ^b,e  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Japan Lifesaving Association   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d RYUTSU KEIZAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e International Budo University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Circulatory state; Lifesavers pulse check

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESAVER; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; CERTIFICATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; PULSE;

EID: 77956098745     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-10-0081     Document Type: Article

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