Preparing for sudden cardiac arrest - The essential role of automated external defibrillators in athletic medicine: A critical review

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 702-707

  Drezner, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLAPSE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPORT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SPORTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70049109083     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.054890     Document Type: Review

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