Technique for chest compressions in adult CPR

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rajab, Taufiek K ^a   Pozner, Charles N ^a   Conrad, Claudius ^b   Cohn, Lawrence H ^a   Schmitto, Jan D ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

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EID: 83055168279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-6-41     Document Type: Article

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