Automated external defibrillation in the occupational setting

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1170-1176

  Starr, Larry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC ACCESS DEFIBRILLATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866352713     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182677dc8     Document Type: Article

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