Automated external defibrillators: Technical considerations and clinical promise

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 990-998

  Takata, T S ^a   Page, R L ^a   Joglar, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; SURVIVAL; TECHNOLOGY; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035808033     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-11-200112040-00011     Document Type: Review

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