Electrical features of eighteen automated external defibrillators: A systematic evaluation

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1596-1603

  Kette, Fulvio ^a   Locatelli, Aldo ^a   Bozzola, Marcella ^a   Zoli, Alberto ^a   Li, Yongqin ^b   Salmoiraghi, Marco ^a   Ristagno, Giuseppe ^c   Andreassi, Aida ^a  

^a AREU Azienda Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (Lombardia Regional Emergency Service)   (Italy)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Current; Energy; Ventricular fibrillation; Waveform

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; ENERGY; EVALUATION; IMPEDANCE; OSCILLOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK WAVE; SIMULATOR; WAVEFORM;

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS; CURRENT; ENERGY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WAVEFORM;

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84886770513     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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