Opportunities and barriers to cardiopulmonary resuscitation training in English secondary schools

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 381-385

  Lockey, Andrew S ^a   Barton, Katherine ^b   Yoxall, Heather ^c  

^a CALDERDALE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac arrest; CPR; education; public health; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84988569177     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000307     Document Type: Article

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