Evaluation of Greek High School Teachers' Knowledge in Basic Life Support, Automated External Defibrillation, and Foreign Body Airway Obstruction: Implications for Nursing Interventions

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-181

  Patsaki, Anastasia ^a,c   Pantazopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Dontas, Ismene ^a,b   Passali, Christina ^a,d   Papadimitriou, Lila ^a,b   Xanthos, Theodoros ^a,b  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Automatic external defibrillator; Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVERSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857919928     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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