Resuscitation
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , August 1997

The teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in schools in Hampshire

  • Rhiannon M. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Princess Margaret Hospital, Okus Road, Swindon SN1 4JU, UK
    • Work undertaken as a medical student at University of Southampton Medical School.
    • Work undertaken as a medical student at University of Southampton Medical School.
    • ,
  • Richard Fulstow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK
    • ,
  • Gary B. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1705 286844; fax: +44 1705 286967.

Received 25 November 1996 ,Revised 12 December 1996 ,Accepted 20 March 1997.

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