Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 434-439 , April 2010

The role of bystanders during rescue and resuscitation of drowning victims

  • Allart M. Venema

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
    • ,
  • Johan W. Groothoff

      Affiliations

    • Work and Health, Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands
    • ,
  • Joost J.L.M. Bierens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, VU Medical Center Amsterdam, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 444 2981; fax: +31 20 444 4385.

Received 19 June 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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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.2010.01.005.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00023-7

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.005

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 434-439 , April 2010

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