Increase in pre-shock pause caused by drug administration before defibrillation: An observational, full-scale simulation study

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-347

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

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Central Region Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced life support (ALS); Ambulance; Cardiac arrest; Cardiac massage; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Chest compression; Circulation; Crisis resource management; Defibrillation; Drugs; Education; Emergency treatment; Guidelines; Information overload; Manikin; Pharmacokinetics; Resuscitation; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SIMULATION; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

CARDIOTONIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MANIKINS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77951887487     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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