Part 4: The automated external defibrillator: Key link in the chain of survival

Resuscitation

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 73-91

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ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034705929     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(00)00272-0     Document Type: Note

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