title: Bridging the gap in emergency cardiac care.
abstract: Your patient complains of chest pain. Within minutes he collapses in cardiac arrest. If you are a nurse working in a non-critical care area, where advanced medical care is not readily available, your immediate response is probably to initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But is CPR enough? Should nurses be able to initiate more advanced care?
authors.affiliation: SIAST Kelsey Campus, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seipp
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Norum
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education* / Q000451:nursing*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D012525:Saskatchewan; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires