Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 472-476 , April 2010

A paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation training project in Honduras

  • Javier Urbano

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, C/Doctor Castelo 47, 28009 Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 616181513; fax: +34 91 586 80 18.
    • ,
  • Martha M. Matamoros

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
    • ,
  • Jesús López-Herce

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Ángel P. Carrillo

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Flora Ordóñez

      Affiliations

    • Hospital Escuela, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
    • ,
  • Ramón Moral

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • Santiago Mencía

      Affiliations

    • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

Received 16 October 2009 ,Revised 8 January 2010 ,Accepted 11 January 2010.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.007.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00025-0

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.007

Resuscitation
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