The effectiveness of ERC advanced life support (ALS) provider courses for the retention of ALS knowledge

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-231

  Fischer, Henrik ^a   Strunk, Guido ^b,c   Neuhold, Stephanie ^a   Kiblböck, Daniel ^d   Trimmel, Helmut ^e   Baubin, Michael ^f   Domanovits, Hans ^a   Maurer, Claudia ^a   Greif, Robert ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Founder of Complexity Research   (Austria)

^d Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern Linz   (Austria)

^e General Hospital Wiener Neustadt   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; ERC ALS provider course; Out of hospital emergency physician; Retention of ALS knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REFRESHER COURSE; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RESUSCITATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84856450373     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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