Practical management of sudden cardiac arrest on the football field

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1094-1096

  Kramer, Efraim Benjamin ^a   Botha, Martin ^a   Drezner, Jonathan ^b   Abdelrahman, Yasser ^c   Dvorak, Jiri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSFER; SOCCER;

EID: 84870243010     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091376     Document Type: Article

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