Electrical injury during "hands on" defibrillation-A potential risk of internal cardioverter defibrillators?

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 832-834

  Stockwell, Beverley ^a   Bellis, Gareth ^a   Morton, Geraint ^a   Chung, Karen ^a   Merton, W Louis ^a   Andrews, Neil ^a   Smith, Gary B ^b  

^a PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest compression; Defibrillation; Implantable cardiovertor defibrillator (ICD); Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC INJURIES; HAND INJURIES; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67349259639     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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