Public Access Defibrillation: Psychological consequences in responders

Resuscitation

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-206

  Davies, Ellen ^a   Maybury, Benjamin ^a   Colquhoun, Michael ^a   Whitfield, Richard ^a,b   Rossetti, Tony ^a,b   Vetter, Norman ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WELSH AMBULANCE SERVICES NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AEDs; Cardiac arrest; Lay responders; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychological consequences; Public access defibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RESUSCITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 41349091835     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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