European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 3. Electrical therapies: Automated external defibrillators, defibrillation, cardioversion and pacing

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1293-1304

  Deakin, Charles D ^a   Nolan, Jerry P ^b   Sunde, Kjetil ^c   Koster, Rudolph W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADHESION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIOVERSION; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENERGY; FORCE; GEL; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PASTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESUSCITATION; TECHNIQUE; THORAX; WAVEFORM;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EUROPE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS;

EID: 78049456647     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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