External defibrillators and emergency external pacemakers

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 487-499

  Charbonnier, Francis M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; PACEMAKERS; PERFORMANCE;

ADVISORY EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS; DISCHARGE ENERGY PROTOCOLS; PATIENT CIRCUITS; SELF ADHESIVE ELECTRODES;

DEFIBRILLATORS;

EID: 0030107005     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.486750     Document Type: Article

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