Delaying a shock after takeover from the automated external defibrillator by paramedics is associated with decreased survival

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-292

  Berdowski, Jocelyn ^a   Schulten, Ron J ^a   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   van Alem, Anouk P ^a   Koster, Rudolph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced Life Support (ALS); Automated external defibrillator (AED); Defibrillation; Guidelines; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ARREST; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951895178     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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