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Senior citizens as rescuers: Is reduced knowledge the reason for omitted lay-resuscitation-attempts? Results from a representative survey with 2004 interviews

OBJECTIVE: Resuscitation (CPR) provided by a bystander prior to the arrival of the emergency services is a beneficial factor for surviving a cardiac arrest (CA). Our registry-based data show, that older patients receive bystander-CPR less frequently. Little is known on possible reasons for this find...

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Autores principales: Brinkrolf, Peter, Bohn, Andreas, Lukas, Roman-Patrik, Heyse, Marko, Dierschke, Thomas, Van Aken, Hugo Karel, Hahnenkamp, Klaus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5467835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28604793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178938