Do Doctors Position Defibrillation Paddles Correctly? Observational Study

Overview

Journal BMJ

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2001 Jun 9

PMID 11397743

Citations 9

Authors

R M Heames

D Sado

C D Deakin

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