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Teaching Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Europe

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The results of the survey on teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in Europe are part of a larger analysis of a World Health Organization (WHO) project on emergency services in WHO European Region [1]. The European Region contains 50 countries, including the newly independent states of the former USSR and the former Yugoslavia.

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  1. M. Garcia-Barbero
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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Clinical Director) (Clinical Director)

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Garcia-Barbero, M., Caturla Such, J. (1997). Teaching Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Europe. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1997. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1997. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13450-4_67

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