Gloves to protect hands - and heart

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 859-860

  Kerber, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

BURNING SENSATION; CARDIOVERSION; COMPRESSION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; GLOVE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NITRILES;

EID: 84878827732     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.04.013     Document Type: Editorial

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