Usability Study of Two Common Defibrillators Reveals Hazards

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 424-432

  Fairbanks, Rollin J ^a   Caplan, Stanley H ^b   Bishop, Paul A ^c   Marks, Aaron M ^d   Shah, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Usability Associates   (United States)

^c MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Monroe Ambulance   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 34548594254     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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