Outcomes of rapid defibrillation by security officers after cardiac arrest in casinos

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1206-1209

  Valenzuela, Terence D ^a   Roe, Denise J ^b   Nichol, Graham ^c   Clark, Lani L ^a   Spaite, Daniel W ^a   Hardman, Richard G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^d Clark County Fire Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECURITY MEASURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0034718964     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200010263431701     Document Type: Article

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