Safety aspects for public access defibrillation using automated external defibrillators near high-voltage power lines

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 595-600

  Schlimp, Christoph J ^a   Breiteneder, M ^b   Lederer, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Austrian Red Cross   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Automated external defibrillator (AED); Electrocardiography; Electromagnetic interference; Human experimentation; Manikin; Safety

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASYSTOLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; AUTOMATION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION; RAILWAY; SAFETY; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; AUSTRIA; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 2442718992     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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