Mouth-to-mouth: An obstacle to cardio-pulmonary resuscitation for lay-rescuers

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e195-e196

  Baldi, Enrico ^a,b   Bertaia, Daniele ^a   Savastano, Simone ^c  

^a IRC Comunit Training Center   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LETTER; MANUAL VENTILATION; MOUTH TO MOUTH VENTILATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84919452294     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.10.001     Document Type: Letter

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