Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 539-543 , May 2010

Does an advanced life support course give non-anaesthetists adequate skills to manage an airway?

Received 15 November 2009 ,Revised 9 January 2010 ,Accepted 2 February 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.2010.02.001.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00072-9

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.02.001

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 5 , Pages 539-543 , May 2010

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