Public knowledge and confidence in the use of public access defibrillation

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 967-971

  Brooks, Ben ^a   Chan, Stephanie ^a   Lander, Peter ^a   Adamson, Robbie ^a   Hodgetts, Gillian A ^b   Deakin, Charles D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b South Central Ambulance Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FIRST AID; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE; RESUSCITATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEVICES; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DEFIBRILLATORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

EID: 84930227009     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-307624     Document Type: Article

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