Training hospital providers in basic CPR skills in Botswana: Acquisition, retention and impact of novel training techniques

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1484-1490

  Meaney, Peter A ^a   Sutton, Robert M ^a   Tsima, Billy ^b   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^c   Shilkofski, Nicole ^d   Boulet, John R ^e   Davis, Amanda ^f   Kestler, Andrew M ^b   Church, Kasey K ^a   Niles, Dana E ^a   Irving, Sharon Y ^a   Mazhani, Loeto ^b   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^d PERDANA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Competence; CPR; Developing countries; Emergency training; Manikin; Resource limited setting; Resuscitation education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOTSWANA; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SKILL RETENTION;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84868197693     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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