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Automatic external defibrillators: changing the way we manage ventricular fibrillation

Smith et al., 2000

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7656105674932943972
Author
Smith K
Peeters A
McNeil J
Cameron P
Meyer A
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Medical journal of Australia

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Objective To discuss recent developments in automatic defibrillation and to review the evidence that first‐responders equipped with automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) improve survival from out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest. Data sources MEDLINE search from …
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