A survey of attitudes and factors associated with successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge transfer in an older population most likely to witness cardiac arrest: design and methodology

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Overall survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest rarely exceed 5%. While bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can increase survival for cardiac arrest victims by up to four times, bystander CPR rates remain low in C...

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Main Authors: Brehaut Jamie C, Grimshaw Jeremy, Vaillancourt Christian, Osmond Martin, Charette Manya L, Wells George A, Stiell Ian G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/8/13