Accidental shock to rescuer during successful defibrillation of ventricular fibrillation-A case of human involuntary automaticity

Resuscitation

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 489-

  Dickinson, Charlotte Louise ^a   Hall, Colin R ^a   Soar, Jasmeet ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defibrillation

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; SINUS RHYTHM;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOMATISM; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROSHOCK; HUMANS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 38849186631     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.10.002     Document Type: Letter

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2. Edelson D.P., Abella B.S., Kramer-Johansen J., et al. Effects of compression depth and pre-shock pauses predict defibrillation failure during cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 71 (2006) 137-145