Resuscitation
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 34-39 , October 2006

Single rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Can anyone perform to the guidelines 2000 recommendations?

Received 22 August 2005 ,Revised 8 February 2006 ,Accepted 8 February 2006.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.020.

PII: S0300-9572(06)00105-5

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.02.020

Resuscitation
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