Electrical exposure risk associated with hands-on defibrillation

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1330-1336

  Lemkin, Daniel L ^a   Witting, Michael D ^a   Allison, Michael G ^b   Farzad, Ali ^a   Bond, Michael C ^a   Lemkin, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Linear Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Rescuer

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICAL EXPOSURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY YIELD; EXPOSURE; HANDS ON DEFIBRILLATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OSCILLOSCOPE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTRIC INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES;

CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84907693925     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.06.023     Document Type: Article

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