Method for determining automatic external defibrillator need at mass gatherings

Resuscitation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Motyka, Tracy M ^a,d   Winslow, James E ^b,e   Newton, Kelly ^c,f   Brice, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Orange County Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^d HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f Pikeville College   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiac arrest; Defibrillation; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPONSE TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC FACILITIES; SPORTS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20344383982     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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