Do clinical examination gloves provide adequate electrical insulation for safe hands-on defibrillation? II: Material integrity following exposure to defibrillation waveforms

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 900-903

  Petley, Graham W ^a   Deakin, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current; Defibrillation; External chest compression; Safety; Voltage

Indexed keywords

NITRILE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GLOVE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESUSCITATION;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NITRILES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84878877455     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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