Early Out-of-Hospital Experience with an Impedance-Compensating Low-Energy Biphasic Waveform Automatic External Defibrillator

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-208

  White, Roger D ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic external defibrillator; Biphasic waveform; Defibrillation; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLICE; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0031261114     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009712721915     Document Type: Article

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