Why do organisations implement automated external defibrillators?

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 355-369

  Timmons, Stephen ^a   Crosbie, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actor network theory; automated external defibrillators; risk

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATION; EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; FIRST AID; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84903768817     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2014.926314     Document Type: Article

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