Recently in the emergency department:  chest x-ray of a repeatedly resuscitated object

Lederer, Wolfgang; Breiteneder, Martin; Rieger, Michael; Schlimp, Christoph J

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01484.x

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Volume 187
Issue 11

Recently in the emergency department: chest x-ray of a repeatedly resuscitated object

Wolfgang Lederer, Martin Breiteneder, Michael Rieger and Christoph J Schlimp

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01484.x
Published online: 3 December 2007

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Diagnostic techniques and procedures

“Kelly Laerdal”, age unknown, but repeatedly resuscitated, was scheduled for a chest x-ray to investigate the metallic contents of the thorax, with the aim of understanding why resuscitation manikins might differ in their susceptibility to electromagnetic interference in electrocardiogram recording.1

1 Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
2 Austrian Red Cross, Innsbruck Division, Innsbruck, Austria.
3 Trauma Hospital Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Correspondence: c.schlimp@gmx.at

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