Risk of injury to rescuers who use hands-on defibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Thomsen, Jakob E ^a   Petley, Graham W ^a   Deakin, Charles D ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HANDS ON DEFIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MYALGIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERFORATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; SHOCK;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST;

EID: 84884136482     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.04.031     Document Type: Letter

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