Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 653-657 , June 2010

Prevalence, outcome and pre-hospital management of anaphylaxis by first aiders and paramedical ambulance staff in Manchester, UK

  • Jennifer A. Capps

      Affiliations

    • University of Manchester, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Vibha Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Peter D. Arkwright

      Affiliations

    • University of Manchester, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Oxford Rd., Manchester M13 9WL, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 161 701 5112; fax: +44 161 701 1724.

Received 2 October 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 18 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.2010.01.021.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00069-9

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.01.021

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 653-657 , June 2010

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