Automated external defibrillator availability and CPR training among state police agencies in the United States

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Hirsch, Lior M ^a   Wallace, Sarah K ^a,b   Leary, Marion ^a,b   Tucker, Kathryn D ^a,b   Becker, Lance B ^a,b   Abella, Benjamin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862694517     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2011.11.034     Document Type: Article

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