Mobile phone-assisted basic life support augmented with a metronome

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-477

  Paal, Peter ^a   Pircher, Iris ^a   Baur, Thomas ^a   Gruber, Elisabeth ^b   Strasak, Alexander M ^c   Herff, Holger ^a   Brugger, Hermann ^c,d   Wenzel, Volker ^a   Mitterlechner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine   (Italy)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

basic life support; cardiac arrest; chest compression; resuscitation; training; ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; METRONOME; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHMS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866124997     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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