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Fighting cardiac arrest: Automated external defibrillator

Kumar et al., 2003

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10835716439669855782
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Kumar V
Adhikari K
Singh Y
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Ventricular tachyarrhythmias–Ventricular fibrillation (VF) and Ventricular tachycardia (VT) account for most of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests. Defibrillation is the specific therapy for VF/pulseless VT. Time to defibrillation is the most important determinant of …
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