Hands-on defibrillation and electrocardiogram artefact filtering technology increases chest compression fraction and decreases peri-shock pause duration in a simulation model of cardiac arrest

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 270-275

  Fernando, Shannon M ^a,b   Cheskes, Sheldon ^c   Howes, Daniel ^a,d  

^a Division des soins aux malades en phase critique   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chest compression fraction; Defibrillation; Perishock pause

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FATIGUE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; SIMULATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ARTIFACTS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SHOCK; SIMULATION TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84979299137     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2015.103     Document Type: Article

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