Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 512-514 , November 2008

Adverse Design of Defibrillators: Turning Off the Machine When Trying to Shock

  • Christian S. Høyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Medical Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: C. Christian S. Høyer, MD, Unit for Medical Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, INCUBA Science Park, Skejby, Brendstrupgaardsvej 102, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; 45-8620-5223
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  • Erika F. Christensen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Aarhus Sygehus, University Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Berit Eika, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Unit for Medical Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Received 6 October 2007 ,Revised 8 November 2007 ,Accepted 19 November 2007.

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 Supervising editor: J. Stephan Stapczynski, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication dates: Available online February 20, 2008.

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PII: S0196-0644(07)01805-7

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.11.037

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 512-514 , November 2008

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