Automated External Defibrillator Program Does Not Impair Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Initiation in the Public Access Defibrillation Trial

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 659-665

  Hedges, Jerris R ^a   Sehra, Ruchir ^a   Van Zile, Jonathan W ^a   Anton, Andrew R ^a   Bosken, Lois A ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^a   Moore, Richard ^a   Powell, Judy L ^a   McBurnie, Mary Ann ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

automated external defibrillator; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR; public access defibrillation; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY WORKER; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CAREGIVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; INSTRUMENTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33746470872     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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