The benefits and use of shock advisory defibrillators in hospitals

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-92

  Dwyer, Trudy ^a   Williams, Leonie Mosel ^b   Jacobs, Ian ^c  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Health and Social Science Research and Engaged Research Chair in Mental Health Nursing   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automatic external defibrillator; In hospital defibrillation; Nurse initiated defibrillation; Semiautomatic external defibrillators; Shock advisory defibrillators

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2942568546     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2003.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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