A strategy for nurse defibrillation in general wards

Resuscitation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-186

  Coady, E M ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Nurse; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ENGLAND; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS' ROOMS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0032706556     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00111-2     Document Type: Article

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