Automated external defibrillation by very young, untrained children

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 295-298

  Lawson, Luan ^a,b   March, Juan ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AED; Automated external defibrillation; Children; Defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHOCK; STUDENT T TEST; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTOMATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035989874     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938328     Document Type: Article

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