Adverse Design of Defibrillators: Turning Off the Machine When Trying to Shock

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 512-514

  Høyer, Christian S ^a   Christensen, Erika F ^b   Eika, Berit ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; MACHINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SIMULATION;

DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MANIKINS;

EID: 54149116355     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.037     Document Type: Article

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