Are firefighters able to recognize ventricular fibrillation? Preliminary data

To the Editor, Firefighters are now equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs), applied in cases of sudden cardiac arrest. The medical personnel operating within the emergency medical services or emergency departments (EDs) should have the ability to interpret electrocardiographic (ECG)...

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Published inThe American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 34; no. 9; pp. 1885 - 1886
Main Authors Kurowski, Andrzej, PhD, MD, Smereka, Jacek, PhD, MD, Szarpak, Lukasz, PhD, DPH, EMT-P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2016
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
Defibrillators
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Firefighters
Fires
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health services
Humans
Ventricular Fibrillation - diagnosis
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Summary:To the Editor, Firefighters are now equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs), applied in cases of sudden cardiac arrest. The medical personnel operating within the emergency medical services or emergency departments (EDs) should have the ability to interpret electrocardiographic (ECG) results, particularly regarding cardiac arrest rhythms.
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ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.06.050