Comparison of ease of use of three automated external defibrillators by untrained lay people

Resuscitation

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Eames, P ^a   Larsen, P D ^a   Galletly, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Resuscitation; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SIMULATION; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0038642743     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00103-5     Document Type: Article

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