Schoolchildren as lifesavers in Europe - Training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation for children

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-396

  Bohn, Andreas ^a,b   Van Aken, Hugo ^b   Lukas, Roman P ^b   Weber, Thomas ^c   Breckwoldt, Jan ^d  

^a Emergency Medical Services   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

basic life support; education; first aid; lay resuscitation; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH;

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; EDUCATION; FIRST AID; LAY RESUSCITATION; SCHOOLCHILDREN;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; EUROPE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884360780     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: 1532169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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