Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the elderly: analysis of the events in the emergency department
With the increasing number of old people in all western countries and increasing life expectancy at birth, many seniors spend the last period of their life with various afflictions that may lead to cardiac arrest. Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) increases survival rates. Octogenarians...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-10-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1193 |