Cardiac arrest survival after implementation of automated external defibrillator technology in the in-hospital setting

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1229-1236

  Forcina, Matthew S ^a   Farhat, Ali Y ^b   O'Neill, William W ^c   Haines, David E ^a  

^a Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Heart arrest; Survival; Tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 67650568601     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181960ff3     Document Type: Article

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