School children training for basic life support

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 611-615

  Naqvi, Shahab ^a   Siddiqi, Rashad ^a   Hussain, Syed Aqeel ^a   Batool, Hanniyah ^b   Arshad, Hafsa ^b  

^a National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b Beaconhouse School System   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Basic cardiac life support; Basic Life Support (BLS); Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Life saving skills; School children

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMPRESSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS;

EID: 81255179247     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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