Evaluation of nurses' and doctors' knowledge of basic & advanced life support resuscitation guidelines

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-369

  Passali, Christina ^a   Pantazopoulos, Ioannis ^c   Dontas, Ismene ^b   Patsaki, Anastasia ^d   Barouxis, Dimitris ^e   Troupis, Georgios ^b   Xanthos, Theodoros ^b  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052771277     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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