International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 61-66 , April 2010

Skill acquisition by health care workers in the Resuscitation Council (UK) 2005 Guidelines for Adult Basic Life Support

  • Ric Mellor, MBBS, BSc (Hons) (Foundation Year One Doctor)

      Affiliations

    • Pre-hospital Care Research Unit, The James Cook University Hospital, University of Teesside, UK
    • ,
  • Malcolm Woollard, MPH, MBA, MA(Ed), Dip IMC (RCSEd) (Professor in Pre-hospital and Emergency Care)

      Affiliations

    • Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Group, Coventry University, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Pre-hospital, Emergency and Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Group, Coventry University, RC 304, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 24 7679 5837; fax: +44 (0) 24 7679 5950.

Received 17 October 2008 ,Revised 20 August 2009 ,Accepted 25 August 2009.

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PII: S1755-599X(09)00057-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.08.003

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 61-66 , April 2010

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