Hospital-wide first-responder automated external defibrillator programme: 1 Year experience

Resuscitation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-170

  Hanefeld, Christoph ^a   Lichte, Carolin ^a   Mentges Schröter, Ina ^a   Sirtl, Clemens ^a   Mügge, Andreas ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; First responder defibrillation; In hospital cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22744435310     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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