Automated external defibrillation by untrained deaf lay rescuers

Resuscitation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Sandroni, Claudio ^a   Fenici, Peter ^a   Franchi, Maria Luisa ^b   Cavallaro, Fabio ^a   Menchinelli, Claudio ^c   Antonelli, Massimo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SILIS Centre   (Italy)

^c Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillator (AED); Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Desfibrilaci n; Entrenamiento.; Desfibrilador autom tico externo (AED); Reanimaci n cardiopulmonar; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEFIBRILLATION; FIRST AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SIGN LANGUAGE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATA DISPLAY; DEAFNESS; DEFIBRILLATORS; HUMANS; MANIKINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644364694     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.03.010     Document Type: Article

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