Will medical examination gloves protect rescuers from defibrillation voltages during hands-on defibrillation?

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1467-1472

  Sullivan, Joseph L ^a   Chapman, Fred W ^a  

^a Physio Control Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation; Medical examination gloves; Safety

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPRENE; LATEX; NITRILE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HANDS ON DEFIBRILLATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION GLOVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC INJURIES; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 84868200656     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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