The safe use of automated external defibrillators in a wet environment

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-311

  Lyster, Tom ^a   Jorgenson, Dawn ^a   Morgan, Carl ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Automated external defibrillators; Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BYSTANDER EFFECT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SAFETY; SIMULATION; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0038161069     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936473     Document Type: Article

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