Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 265-266 , March 2010

Timing of drug administration during CPR and the role of simulation

  • Joyce Yeung

      Affiliations

    • University of Warwick, The Medical School, CV4 7AL, Warwick, United Kingdom
    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Gavin D. Perkins

      Affiliations

    • University of Warwick, The Medical School, CV4 7AL, Warwick, United Kingdom
    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Warwick, The Medical School, CV4 7AL, Warwick, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 0 24761 50925.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.008

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 265-266 , March 2010

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