Use of an automated device for external chest compressions by first-aid workers unfamiliar with the device: A step toward public access?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1374-1377

  Lapostolle, Frédéric ^a   Agostinucci, Jean Marc ^a   Bertrand, Philippe ^a   Catineau, Jean ^a   Chassery, Carine ^a   Kessler, Mathieu ^a   Galinski, Michel ^a   Adnet, Frédéric ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; External chest compression; Public access

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; EXTERNAL CHEST COMPRESSION DEVICE; FIRST AID; GROUPS BY AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VIDEORECORDING; WORKER;

ADULT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71549128712     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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