Rescuer fatigue in the elderly: Standard vs. Hands-only CPR

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-92

  Heidenreich, Joseph W ^a   Bonner, Aleta ^b   Sanders, Arthur B ^c  

^a SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DELL INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

basic life support; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HANDS ONLY CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; THORAX COMPRESSION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856082737     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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