The need to overcome the lack of CPR competencies in healthcare students in Europe

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and Experimental Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Pavia nel Cuore, Pavia, Italy; Robbio nel Cuore, Robbio, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.baldi@unipv.it.
² Pavia nel Cuore, Pavia, Italy; Robbio nel Cuore, Robbio, Italy; AREU Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza - AAT Pavia c/o Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Köln, Germany; European Resuscitation Council (ERC), Niel, Belgium.

Comment

Enrico Baldi et al. Int J Cardiol. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 1:320:100.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Jul 16.

¹ Department of Molecular Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and Experimental Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Pavia nel Cuore, Pavia, Italy; Robbio nel Cuore, Robbio, Italy. Electronic address: enrico.baldi@unipv.it.
² Pavia nel Cuore, Pavia, Italy; Robbio nel Cuore, Robbio, Italy; AREU Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza - AAT Pavia c/o Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
³ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Köln, Germany; European Resuscitation Council (ERC), Niel, Belgium.

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Keywords: Cardiac arrest; Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; Medical students.

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