Defibrillation-Safety versus efficacy

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Perkins, Gavin D ^a   Lockey, Andrew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 51549095334     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.06.018     Document Type: Editorial

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