Treatment of monitored out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia utilising the precordial thump

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1691-1696

  Nehme, Ziad ^a,b   Andrew, Emily ^a,b   Bernard, Stephen A ^a,b,d   Smith, Karen ^a,b,c  

^a Ambulance Victoria   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Precordial thump

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRECORDIAL THUMPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; SHOCK;

CARDIAC ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; PRECORDIAL THUMP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84887260001     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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