National population based survey on the prevalence of first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator skills in Singapore

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1633-1636

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a,b   Quah, Joy Li Juan ^c   Ho, Andrew Fu Wah ^c   Yap, Susan ^a   Edwin, Nausheen ^a   Ng, Yih Yng ^d   Goh, E Shaun ^e   Leong, Benjamin Sieu Hon ^f   Gan, Han Nee ^g   Foo, David Chee Guan ^h  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Medical Department   (Singapore)

^e KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AED; Attitudes; CPR; First aid; Knowledge; Life saving skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; COMMUNITY CARE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SINGAPORE; SKILL;

AED; ATTITUDES; CPR; FIRST AID; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE-SAVING SKILLS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84886793134     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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