Part 5: Adult basic life support: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Berg, Robert A ^a   Hemphill, Robin ^a   Abella, Benjamin S ^a   Aufderheide, Tom P ^a   Cave, Diana M ^a   Hazinski, Mary Fran ^a   Lerner, E Brooke ^a   Rea, Thomas D ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^a   Swor, Robert A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AIRWAY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATION; DROWNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STROKE; ADULT; AGE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVERSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349261145     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.970939     Document Type: Review

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