CPR courses and semi-automatic defibrillators - Life saving in cardiac arrest?

Resuscitation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-303

  Schneider, Liane ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Haugk, Moritz ^a   Eisenburger, Philip ^a   Scheinecker, Wolfdieter ^a   Kliegel, Andreas ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Basic life support (BLS); Bystander CPR; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FIRST AID; FRIEND; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELATIVE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TRAINING; WORKER;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; FAMILY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 9944221444     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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