Automated external defibrillator use by untrained bystanders: Can the public-use model work?

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 284-291

  Andre, Anthony D ^a   Jorgenson, Dawn B ^b   Froman, Jamie A ^b   Snyder, David E ^b   Poole, Jeanne E ^c  

^a Interface Analysis Associates   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

automated external defibrillators; cardiac arrest; emergency medical services; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042726393     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prehos.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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