Ventricular fibrillation and the use of automated external defibrillators on children

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Markenson, David ⁱ   Pyles, Lee ⁱ   Neish, Steve ⁱ   Krug, Steven E ⁱ   Bojko, Thomas ⁱ   Dolan, Margaret A ⁱ   Frush, Karen S ⁱ   O'Malley, Patricia J ⁱ   Sapien, Robert E ⁱ   Shaw, Kathy N ⁱ   Shook, Joan ⁱ   Sirbaugh, Paul E ⁱ   Yamamoto, Loren G ⁱ   Ball, Jane ^a   Brown, Kathleen ^b   Bullock, Kim ^c   Kavanaugh, Dan ^d   Mace, Sharon E ^e   Role, Susan Eads ^a   Tuggle, David W ^f   Turgel, Tina ^d   Tellez, Susan ⁱ   Beekman III, Robert H ⁱ   Manning, Peter B ⁱ   Mital, Seema ⁱ   Morrow, William R ⁱ   Galioto Jr , Frank M ⁱ   Jones, Thomas K ⁱ   Martin, Gerard R ^g   Washington, Reginald L ^h   Colegrove, Lynn ⁱ   more..

^a EMSC National Resource Center   (United States)

^b National Association of EMS Physicians   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^d Maternal and Child Health Bureau   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^f AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^h NCE Planning Group

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Cardiac resuscitation; Emergency medical services; School emergency care; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DEFIBRILLATORS; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 36048940761     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-2679     Document Type: Article

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