Scottish survey of public place defibrillators

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 8-10

  Ashimi, A O ^a   Cobbe, S M ^b   Pell, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cross sectional studies; Defibrillators; Heart arrest; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; LEISURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHOPPING; STAFF TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DEFIBRILLATORS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; SCOTLAND;

EID: 77957011965     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.55.3.8     Document Type: Article

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