Training seniors in the operation of an automated external defibrillator: A randomized trial comparing two training methods

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 216-222

  Meischke, Hendrika W ^a,b   Rea, Thomas ^a,b   Eisenberg, Mickey S ^a,b   Schaeffer, Sheri M ^a,b   Kudenchuk, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL;

EID: 0034823958     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2001.115621     Document Type: Article

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