Energy levels for biphasic defibrillation

• 1 Australian Resuscitation Council, C/- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spring Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
• 2 Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
• 3 Central Gippsland Health Service, Sale, VIC
• 4 Peninsula Health, Frankston, VIC
• 5 Anaesthesia, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, QLD
• 6 Divisional Office, Ambulance Service of NSW, Hurstville, NSW.

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