As physicians and medical students, we work with many victims of motor vehicle collisions,
choking, and heart attacks. Unfortunately, we do not usually get the opportunity to
help prevent these events and the outcome of an emergency situation often depends
on bystanders recognizing and responding to the situation. The Tulane Life Support
Society is a medical student-run organization that is training large numbers of laypeople
in New Orleans to help prevent, recognize, and manage emergency situations. One life
has already been saved by a man trained last year.
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Publication history
Accepted:
December 5,
2000
Received in revised form:
November 20,
2000
Received:
September 29,
2000
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© 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
