Evaluation of battery-operated monitor/defibrillators used in prehospital care.
During the past two decades, prehospital medical care has become more sophisticated, resulting in devices that are routinely used in the hospital being adapted for use in the field. One such device is the ECG machine, which has undergone extensive technological and performance modifications so it may better serve the large number of patients requiring electrocardiographic monitoring and cardioversion in stressed environments.
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