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Safety Checklist
| Perform hands-on defibrillation only if you can check off every item! |
 Wearing polyethylene gloves? |
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Biphasic defibrillator? |
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Self-adhesive defibrillation electrodes with nonconductive backing? |
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Electrodes in good contact with patient's skin? |
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No conductive circumstances (eg, body fluids, intravenous fluids)? |
For further studies on hands-on defibrillation, we recommend the safety checklist used in our laboratory.
