a well-functioning Chain of Survival. These factors interact in such a way that they can be
regarded as multiplicands. For example, poor guidelines can affect even good education …

BACKGROUND: Bystander CPR improves outcomes after out of hospital cardiac arrest. The
length of current 4-h classes in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a barrier to more …

A randomised controlled trial comparing staged teaching of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) with conventional training provided the additional opportunity to investigate skill …

Current resuscitation methods, although occasionally effective, rarely perform as well as
initially anticipated. Some of the disappointment can be attributed to the difficulty of the task …

This prospective study evaluated the acquisition and retention of skills in cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) and the use of the automated external defibrillator (AED) by lay …

Reluctance of the lay public to perform bystander CPR is becoming an increasingly
worrisome problem in the USA. Most bystanders who admit such reluctance concede that …

The need for rescue breathing during the initial management of sudden cardiac arrest is
currently being debated and reevaluated. The present study was designed to compare …

We have investigated a method of teaching community CPR in three stages instead of in a
single session. These have been designated bronze, silver, and gold stages. The first …

The European Resuscitation Council (ERC) last issued guidelines for Basic Life Support
(BLS) in 1998 [1]. These were based on the 'Advisory Statements' of the International Liaison …

Teaching CPR in stages is a strategy designed to improve skill acquisition and retention.
This method has been compared with conventional teaching in a randomised trial involving …