Do doctors position defibrillation paddles correctly? Observational study

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7299, 2001, Pages 1393-1394

  Heames, Richard M ^a   Sado, Daniel ^a   Deakin, Charles D ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035832553     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7299.1393     Document Type: Article

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