Community lay rescuer automated external defibrillation programs: Key state legislative components and implementation strategies: A summary of a decade of experience for healthcare providers, policymakers, legislators, employers, and community leaders from the American Heart Association Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and Office of State Advocacy

Circulation

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1260-1270

  Aufderheide, Tom ^a   Hazinski, Mary Fran ^a   Nichol, Graham ^a   Steffens, Suzanne Smith ^a   Buroker, Andrew ^a   McCune, Robin ^a   Stapleton, Edward ^a   Nadkarni, Vinay ^a   Potts, Jerry ^a   Ramirez, Raymond R ^a   Eigel, Brian ^a   Epstein, Andrew ^a   Sayre, Michael ^a   Halperin, Henry ^a   Cummins, Richard O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Defibrillation; Fibrillation; Resuscitation; Sudden cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ACT; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL ACT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DEFIBRILLATION; FIRST AID; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33645527354     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.172289     Document Type: Review

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