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Automated External Defibrillators (AED) (cont.)

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Author: Joseph Sciammarella, MD, FACP, FACEP

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD

Previous contributing editors: James E Keany, MD, FACEP, Director of Emergency Medical Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center and Children's Hospital at Miss; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.


Last Editorial Review: 5/2/2007




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