Differing operational outcomes with six commercially available automated external defibrillators

Resuscitation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Fleischhackl, Roman ^a   Losert, Heidrun ^a   Haugk, Moritz ^a   Eisenburger, Philip ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator; Basic Life support; Bystander CPR; Desfibrilador autom tico externo (DAE); Desfibrilhador autom tico externo (DAE); Out of hospital CPR; RCP extra hospitalar; RCP por leigo; Suporte b sico de Vida (SBV)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3843071007     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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