Ten years of police defibrillation: Program characteristics and personnel attitudes

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 186-190

  Papson, Kendra ^a   Mosesso Jr , Vincent N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Electric countershock; Emergency medical services; Heart arrest; Police; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; POLICE; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; POLICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 26044440416     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120590924708     Document Type: Review

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