Should ward nurses be using automatic external defibrillators as first responders to improve the outcome from cardiac arrest? A systematic review of the primary research

Resuscitation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-37

  Kenward, G ^a   Castle, N ^a   Hodgetts, T J ^a  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARD;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036152565     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00438-5     Document Type: Article

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