Implementation of automated external defibrillators on merchant ships

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Oldenburg, Marcus ^a   Baur, Xaver ^a   Schlaich, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SAILOR; SHIP; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DEFIBRILLATORS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHIPS;

EID: 79959926625     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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