Where are lifesaving automated external defibrillators located and how hard is it to find them in a large urban city?

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 910-914

  Leung, Alison C ^a   Asch, David A ^b,c,d   Lozada, Kirkland N ^a   Saynisch, Olivia B ^a   Asch, Jeremy M ^a   Becker, Nora ^a   Griffis, Heather M ^a   Shofer, Frances ^a   Hershey, John C ^b   Hill, Shawndra ^b   Branas, Charles C ^c   Nichol, Graham ^e   Becker, Lance B ^a   Merchant, Raina M ^c  

^a Center for Resuscitation Science   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

AED; Cardiac arrest; CPR; Sudden death; Surveying

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; BUILDING; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AWARENESS; DEFIBRILLATORS; HUMANS; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PHILADELPHIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878857607     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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