Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 132-141 , August 2005

Automated External Defibrillators: To What Extent Does the Algorithm Delay CPR?

Received 13 September 2004 ,Revised 22 March 2005 ,Accepted 1 April 2005.

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 Supervising editor: Theodore R. Delbridge, MDAuthor contributions: TDR, PJK, MKC, and LAC conceived and designed the study. TDR obtained research funding. TDR and SS oversaw collection and quality control of the data. TDR analyzed the study data. TDR drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. TDR takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: The study was funded in part by the Medic One Foundation (Seattle, WA) and Philips Medical Systems (Seattle, WA). Apart from some fiscal support, these agencies did not have a role in the study, including data assessment or interpretation of results.Presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA, November 7 to 10, 2005.

PII: S0196-0644(05)00406-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.001

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 132-141 , August 2005