Providing automated external defibrillators to urban police officers in addition to a fire department rapid defibrillation program is not effective

Resuscitation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-196

  Sayre, Michael R ^a   Evans, Janice ^b   White, Lynn J ^a   Brennan, Timothy D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Clinical trials; Defibrillation; Emergency medical technician; Heart arrest; Police

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; AUTOMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FIRE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA;

AUTOMATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; FIRES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLICE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22744444411     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.02.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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