Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 424-432, October 2007

Usability Study of Two Common Defibrillators Reveals Hazards

Presented in part at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th annual meeting, September 2004, New Orleans, LA; and the National Association of EMS Physicians meeting, January 2006, Tucson, AZ.

  • Rollin J. Fairbanks, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Rollin J. (Terry) Fairbanks, MD, MS, NREMTP, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 655, Rochester, NY 14642; 585-273-3849, fax 585-275-2092
    • ,
  • Stanley H. Caplan, MS

      Affiliations

    • Usability Associates, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Paul A. Bishop, MPA, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Aaron M. Marks, BA, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Monroe Ambulance, Rochester, NY.
    • Mr. Marks is now with Bridgeborn Government Solutions, Arlington, VA.
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  • Manish N. Shah, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY
    • Department of Community and Preventative Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY

Received 2 June 2006; received in revised form 3 January 2007 and 22 March 2007; accepted 27 March 2007. published online 11 May 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

 Author contributions: RJF and SHC conceived the study, designed the study, and obtained research funding. RJF, SHC, and MNS supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. RJF, PAB, AMM, and MNS undertook recruitment of participating paramedics. RJF, SHC, and MNS managed the data. All investigators participated in the qualitative analysis. MNS provided statistical advice and RJF, SHC, and MNS analyzed the data. RJF and SHC drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. RJF takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that may create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This research was supported by the University of Rochester Department of Emergency Medicine research seed funding. At the time of the study, Drs. Fairbanks and Shah were supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health (1R41NR009592) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (1U18HS015818), and Dr. Shah, by funding from Health Resources and Services Administration.

 Available online May 11, 2007.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)00390-3

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.029

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 424-432, October 2007

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