Resuscitation
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 177-187 , June 1998

Teaching adult resuscitation in the United States—time for a rethink

  • William Kaye

      Affiliations

    • The Miriam Hospital, Room 223, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI 02906, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 401 7934501; fax: +1 401 7934511; e-mail: William_Kaye@brown.edu
    • ,
  • Mary Elizabeth Mancini

      Affiliations

    • Parkland Health and Hospital System, 5201 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75235, USA

Received 18 January 1998 ,Revised 26 March 1998 ,Accepted 26 March 1998.

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Resuscitation
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