Self-training in the use of automated external defibrillators: The same results for less money

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-82

  de Vries, Wiebe ^a   Schelvis, Mark ^a   Rustemeijer, Ingrid ^a   Bierens, Joost J L M ^b  

^a Doczero ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AED; Automated external defibrillator; Defibrillation; Education; Self training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CALCULATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONEY; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TRAINING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATORS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MANIKINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 37049020876     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.06.030     Document Type: Article

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