Part 5: Adult basic life support: 2010 International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Koster, Rudolph W ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^b   Botha, Martin ^b   Cave, Diana M ^b   Cudnik, Michael T ^b   Handley, Anthony J ^b   Hatanaka, Tetsuo ^b   Hazinski, Mary Fran ^b   Jacobs, Ian ^b   Monsieurs, Koen ^b   Morley, Peter T ^b   Nolan, Jerry P ^b   Travers, Andrew H ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CIRCULATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CLEARANCE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; SCIENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HEART ARREST; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 78049475784     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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