Part 6: Defibrillation: 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 16 SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Jacobs, Ian ^a   Sunde, Kjetil ^a   Deakin, Charles D ^a   Hazinski, Mary Fran ^a   Kerber, Richard E ^a   Koster, Rudolph W ^a   Morrison, Laurie J ^a   Nolan, Jerry P ^a   Sayre, Michael R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

arrhythmia; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; defibrillation; emergency department

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOMATIC CARDIOVERSION; CARDIOVERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; WAVEFORM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 78149248230     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.971010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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