Waveforms of external defibrillators: Analysis and energy contribution

Resuscitation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Achleitner, Ulrich ^a   Amann, Anton ^a   Stoffaneller, Martin ^a   Baubin, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Electric countershock; Emergency medical services; Transthoracic impedance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENERGY; HEART ARREST; IMPEDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033157984     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00070-2     Document Type: Article

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