Resuscitation
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Performance of an automated external defibrillator in a moving ambulance vehicle

  • Jong Geun Yun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medical Technician, Dongkang College, 160 Dongmunro, Bukgu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Kyung Woon Jeung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jebongno, Donggu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 62 220 6809; fax: +82 62 228 7417.
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  • Byung Kook Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jebongno, Donggu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Hyun Ho Ryu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jebongno, Donggu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Hyoung Youn Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Field Medicine, School of Military Medicine, 78-501 Chumokdong, Yuseonggu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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  • Mu Jin Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jebongno, Donggu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Tag Heo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jebongno, Donggu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • Yong Il Min

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, 671 Jebongno, Donggu, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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  • YeonHo You

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, 640 Daesadong, Junggu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Received 11 September 2009 ,Revised 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 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.2009.12.031.

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doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.12.031

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