The availability, condition and employability of automated external defibrillators in large city centres in the Netherlands

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1324-1329

  Huig, Isabelle C ^a   Boonstra, Linda ^b   Gerritsen, Patricia C ^a   Hoeks, Sanne E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Defibrillation; Defibrillators; Heart arrest

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; EMPLOYABILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STAFF TRAINING; CITY; DEFIBRILLATOR; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CITIES; DEFIBRILLATORS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907696234     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.05.024     Document Type: Article

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