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Providing automated external defibrillators to urban police officers in addition to a fire department rapid defibrillation program is not effective

  • Michael R. Sayre

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University, 150 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 614 293 8811; fax: +1 614 293 3124.
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  • Janice Evans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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  • Lynn J. White

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University, 150 Means Hall, 1654 Upham Drive, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    • ,
  • Timothy D. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Received 6 January 2005 ,Revised 23 February 2005 ,Accepted 23 February 2005.

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☆ Presented in part at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Atlanta, GA, November 1999 and at the National Association of EMS Physicians Annual Meeting, Dana Point, CA, January 2000.

☆☆ A Spanish translated version of the Abstract and Keywords of this article appears as Appendix at 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.02.006.

PII: S0300-9572(05)00128-0

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.02.006

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