Successful automatic external defibrillator operation by people trained only in basic life support in a simulated cardiac arrest situation

Resuscitation

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-50

  Domanovits, Hans ^a   Meron, Giora ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Kofler, Julia ^a   Oschatz, Elisabeth ^a   Holzer, Michael ^a   Müllner, Marcus ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automatic external defibrillator; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Heart arrest; Sudden cardiac death; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAINING;

ADULT; AUTOMATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0032424155     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(98)00114-2     Document Type: Article

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