Hands-On Defibrillation Skills of Pediatric Acute Care Providers During a Simulated Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest Scenario

Introduction: Timely defibrillation in ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest (VFCA) is associated with good outcome. While defibrillation skills of pediatric providers have been reported to be poor, the factors related to poor hands-on defibrillation skills of pediatric providers are largely unkno...

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Main Authors: Utpal S. Bhalala, Niveditha Balakumar, Maria Zamora, Elumalai Appachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fped.2018.00107/full