Intuitive use and usability of ventricular assist device peripheral components in simulated emergency conditions

Artificial Organs

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 773-780

  Geidl, Lorenz ^a,b   Deckert, Zeno ^a   Zrunek, Philipp ^a,b   Gottardi, Roman ^a   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Wieselthaler, Georg ^a,b   Schima, Heinrich ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Rheumatology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emergency condition; Intuitive use; Paramedics; Usability; User interface; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

CONDITION; DAILY ROUTINES; DEVICE SYSTEM; EMERGENCY CONDITIONS; HEART FAILURE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; INTUITIVE USE; PARAMEDIC; PERIPHERAL COMPONENTS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

USER INTERFACES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; DEVICE SAFETY; DISEASE SIMULATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MALE; PACKAGING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELF EVALUATION; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOOL USE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 80051631574     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2011.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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