Requirements for the use of automated external defibrillators in German hospitals;Voraussetzungen zur Anwendung von automatischen externen Defibrillatoren in deutschen Krankenhäusern

Anaesthesist

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 555-559

  Bickenbach, J ^a   Fries, M ^a   Beckers, S ^a   Rossaint, R ^a   Kuhlen, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Early defibrillation; Hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GERMANY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMANS; SURVIVAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042754663     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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