Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 293-296 , March 2010

Performance of chest compressions by laypersons during the Public Access Defibrillation Trial

  • Thomas D. Rea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: EMS Division, Public Health Seattle-King County, 401 5th Ave Suite 1200, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. Tel.: +1 206 296 4693; fax: +1 206 296 4866.
    • ,
  • Ronald E. Stickney

      Affiliations

    • Research Department, Physio-Control, Redmond, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Alidene Doherty

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Department, Physio-Control, Redmond, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Paula Lank

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Department, Physio-Control, Redmond, WA, USA

Received 12 September 2009 ,Revised 30 November 2009 ,Accepted 3 December 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.002.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00625-X

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.002

Resuscitation
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