Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 568-575 , May 2010

With or without an instructor, brief exposure to CPR training produces significant attitude change

Received 23 September 2009 ,Revised 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.022.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00007-9

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.022

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 568-575 , May 2010

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