Automated external defibrillator training and skill retention at a ski patrol

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-332

  Usatch, Ben R ^a   Cone, David C ^b  

^a MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Education; Electric countershock; Emergency medical services; Skiing; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SKIING; SPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUDDEN DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIING; SPORTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035989892     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938409     Document Type: Article

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