Layperson positioning of defibrillation electrodes guided by pictorial instructions

Resuscitation

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-180

  Nurmi, Jouni ^a,b   Castrén, Maaret ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Defibrillation; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRODE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRODES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING;

EID: 12944322633     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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