Evaluation of the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for infant CPR finger/thumb positions for chest compression: A study using computed tomography

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 766-769

  Lee, Ki Hyun ^a   Kim, Eun Young ^a   Park, Dae Hong ^a   Kim, Jee Eun ^a   Choi, Hye Young ^a   Cho, Jinseong ^a   Yang, Hyuk Jun ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; Infant; MDCT; Pediatric resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STERNUM;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THUMB; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879879462     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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