Part 6: Defibrillation: 2010 International consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 1 SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

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

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SCIENCE; SHOCK; WAVEFORM; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVERSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

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

EID: 78649902246     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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