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. 2001 Apr;35(2):128–130. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.35.2.128

Sports doctors' resuscitation skills under examination: do they take it seriously?

M Lavis 1, J Rose 1, T Jenkinson 1
PMCID: PMC1724319  PMID: 11273976

Abstract

As 64% of sports medicine doctors were unable to show proficiency at basic life support and assessment and management of a seriously injured patient with a potential spinal injury in the last two examinations for a University of Bath diploma in sports and exercise medicine, it was decided that a reminder is required of the importance of acquiring, at the very least, some basic resuscitation skills. An analysis and comment on the results from the first aid component of the examination is also presented.

Key Words: basic life support; resuscitation; first aid; training

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