Should dispatchers instruct lay bystanders to undress patients before performing CPR? A randomized simulation study

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 979-981

  Eisenberg Chavez, Devora ^a   Meischke, Hendrika ^a   Painter, Ian ^a   Rea, Thomas D ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest compressions; Clothing; Dispatch assisted instructions; Simulation; Time delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLOTHING; CLOTHING REMOVAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CLOTHING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878880613     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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