Defibrillators in public places: The introduction of a national scheme for public access defibrillation in England

Resuscitation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-21

  Sian Davies, C ^a   Colquhoun, Michael ^b   Graham, Stephen ^c   Evans, Tom ^d   Chamberlain, Douglas ^e  

^a Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b RESUSCITATION COUNCIL UK   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Lansdowne Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defibrillators; England; National scheme; Public places

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; GOVERNMENT; HEART ARREST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036157031     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00439-7     Document Type: Article

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