Impact of the Immediate Life Support course on the incidence and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest calls: an observational study over 6 years

K.G. Spearpoint; P. C. Gruber; S. J. Brett

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.03.002

Impact of the Immediate Life Support course on the incidence and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest calls: an observational study over 6 years

K.G. Spearpoint, P. C. Gruber, S. J. Brett

School of Life and Medical Sciences

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Abstract

The Resuscitation Council (UK) Immediate Life Support (ILS) course provides training in the prevention and management of cardiac arrest. This course was introduced at our institution and we subsequently undertook an analysis to determine its impact on the incidence and outcome of in-hospital cardiac arrest.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	638-43
Number of pages	6
Journal	Resuscitation
Volume	80
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.03.002
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

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