The two-thumb is superior to the two-finger method for administering chest compressions in a manikin model of neonatal resuscitation

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Christman, Catherine ^a   Hemway, Rae Jean ^b   Wyckoff, Myra H ^c   Perlman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; THORAX; THUMB; VIDEORECORDER;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FINGERS; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANIKINS; PRESSURE; THUMB; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951675459     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.180406     Document Type: Article

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