Pediatric first aid knowledge and attitudes among staff in the preschools of Shanghai, China

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Li, Feng ^a,b,c   Jiang, Fan ^a,b   Jin, Xingming ^a,b   Qiu, Yulan ^d   Shen, Xiaoming ^b,c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b MOE Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health Ministry of Education ^*  (China)

^c XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

First aid; Knowledge; Preschool staff

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; STAFF TRAINING; TOXIC INHALATION;

EID: 84864933956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-121     Document Type: Article

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