A new defibrillator mode to reduce chest compression interruptions for health care professionals and lay rescuers: A pilot study in manikins

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-97

  Barash, David M ^a   Raymond, Richard P ^b   Tan, Qing ^c   Silver, Annemarie E ^c  

^a Concord Healthcare Strategies ^*  (United States)

^b Armstrong Ambulance   (United States)

^c ZOLL Medical Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression; CPR; Defibrillation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649518566     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.531375     Document Type: Article

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