Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12.e1, July 2007

Trauma Management Outcomes Associated With Nonsurgeon Versus Surgeon Trauma Team Leaders

  • Jennifer M. Ahmed, MA

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • John M. Tallon, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Nova Scotia Trauma Program, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: John M. Tallon, MD, FRCPC, Nova Scotia Trauma Program, Rm 1-026B, 1st Floor Centennial Building, 1278 Tower Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada; 902-473-7157, fax 902-473-5835
    • ,
  • David A. Petrie, MD, FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Received 27 July 2006; received in revised form 25 August 2006 and 2 September 2006; accepted 20 September 2006. published online 20 November 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Judd E. Hollander, MD

 Author contributions: JMT conceived the study. JMA and JMT designed the study and obtained research funding. JMA completed the request for data through the trauma registry, and JMT supervised the data collection. JMA, JMT, and DAP provided data analysis advice. JMA and JMT provided statistical advice. JMA performed the statistical analyses. All authors contributed to the drafting of the article and to its revision. All authors saw and approved the final article. JMA takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: JMA held a DMRF/Faculty of Medicine summer studentship with funding provided by a Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Music-in-Medicine Studentship.

 Available online November 15, 2006.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02272-4

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.017

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