Part 8: Education, implementation, and teams: 2015 international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue , 2015, Pages S242-S268

  Bhanji, Farhan ^a   Finn, Judith C ^a   Lockey, Andrew ^a   Monsieurs, Koenraad ^a   Frengley, Robert ^a   Iwami, Taku ^a   Lang, Eddy ^a   Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^a   Mancini, Mary E ^a   McNeil, Mary Ann ^a   Greif, Robert ^a   Billi, John E ^a   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^a   Bigham, Blair ^a   Bray, Janet E ^a   Breckwoldt, Jan ^a   Brooks, Steven C ^a   Cheng, Adam ^a   Donoghue, Aaron J ^a   Duff, Jonathan P ^a   Edelson, Dana P ^a   Fischer, Henrik ^a   Gilfoyle, Elaine ^a   Hsieh, Ming Ju ^a   Kloeck, David A ^a   Ko, Patrick ^a   Leary, Marion ^a   Olasveengen, Theresa M ^a   Rittenberger, Jon C ^a   Schultz, Robert D ^a   Stub, Dion ^a   Triska, Zuzana ^a   Wolbrink, Traci A ^a   Yang, Chih Wei ^a   Yeung, Joyce ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Medical emergency team; Training

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT CARE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONSENSUS; CPR FEEDBACK DEVICE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CARDIOVERSION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART MASSAGE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RISK; STANDARDS; TEACHING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MANIKINS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84945309512     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000277     Document Type: Article

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