European Resuscitation Council - Leitlinien für die Wiederbelebung 2005

C. D. Deakin; J. P. Nolan

doi:10.1055/s-2006-932610

NOTARZT 2006; 22(2): 42-53
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932610

Leitlinien

European Resuscitation Council - Leitlinien für die Wiederbelebung 2005

Elektrische Therapie: Automatisierte externe Defibrillatoren, Defibrillation, Kardioversion und SchrittmachertherapieEuropean Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2005Electrical Therapies: Automated External Defibrillators, Defibrillation, Cardioversion and PacingC. D. Deakin, J. P. NolanÜbersetzung von Prof. Dr. Hans Domanovits, Universitätsklinik für Notfallmedizin, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Währinger Gürtel 18 - 20, 1090 Wien, Österreich, hans.domanovits@meduniwien.ac.at

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