Safety of fully automatic external defibrillation by untrained lay rescuers in the presence of a bystander

Resuscitation

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-219

  Hosmans, Tony Ph ^a   Maquoi, Isabelle ^a   Vogels, Catherine ^b   Courtois, Anne Catherine ^a   Micheels, Jean ^a   Lamy, Maurice ^a   Monsieurs, Koenraad G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillation; Automatic defibrillator; Cardiac arrest; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SAFETY; SIMULATION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEFIBRILLATORS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 41549129323     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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