ABC versus CAB for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A prospective, randomized simulator-based trial

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Marsch, Stephan ^a   Tschan, Franziska ^b   Semmer, Norbert K ^c   Zobrist, Roger ^d   Hunziker, Patrick R ^a   Hunziker, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Hospital Lucerne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ABC; CAB; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Guideline adherence; Randomized controlled trial; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VIDEORECORDING; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARD; TIME;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885132526     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2013.13856     Document Type: Article

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