Impact of a stress coping strategy on perceived stress levels and performance during a simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hunziker, Sabina ^a   Pagani, Simona ^a   Fasler, Katrin ^a   Tschan, Franziska ^b,d   Semmer, Norbert K ^c,d   Marsch, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Frontiers in Genetics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Education; Simulation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING;

EID: 84876742069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227X-13-8     Document Type: Article

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