Basic measures for the resuscitation of adults and use of automated external defibrillators: Section 2 of the european resuscitation council guidelines for resuscitation 2010;Basismaßnahmen zur Wiederbelebung Erwachsener und Verwendung automatisierter externer Defibrillatoren: Sektion 2 der Leitlinien zur Reanimation 2010 des European Resuscitation Council

Notfall und Rettungsmedizin

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 523-542

  Koster, R W ^a   Baubin, M A ^b   Bossaert, L L ^c   Caballero, A ^d   Cassan, P ^e   Castren M ^f   Granja, C ^g   Handley, A J ^h   Monsieurs, K G ⁱ   Perkins, G D ^j   Raffay, V ^k   Sandroni, C ^l   Goldschmidt, Peter ^m  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^e European Reference Centre for First Aid Education   (France)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

^h IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^k Municipal Institute for Emergency Medicine Novi Sad   (Serbia)

^l FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 78649931503     PISSN: 14346222     EISSN: 14360578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10049-010-1368-x     Document Type: Review

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