title: Guidelines based on fear of type II (false-negative) errors : why we dropped the pulse check for lay rescuers.
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hazinski
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011674:Pulse; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*