Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 436-442.e1 , October 2007

Video as a Tool for Improving Tracheal Intubation Tasks for Emergency Medical and Trauma Care

  • Colin F. Mackenzie, MBChB, FRCA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • The National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Colin F. Mackenzie, MBChB, FRCA, The National Study Center for Trauma and Emergency Medical Systems, 701 W Pratt Street, Room 508, Baltimore, MD 21201; 410-378-8673, fax 410-328-2841
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  • Yan Xiao, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Fu-Ming Hu, MS, CNE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • F. Jacob Seagull, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Program in Trauma, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Mark Fitzgerald, MBBS, FACEM

      Affiliations

    • Australasian Trauma Society, Emergency and Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital; and the National Trauma Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

Received 13 June 2006 ,Revised 3 May 2007 ,Accepted 24 May 2007.

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 Supervising editor: Robert L. Wears, MD, MSAuthor contributions: CFM conceived the study and obtained funding. CFM, YX, FMH, and JS were involved in data collection and analyses. CFM drafted the manuscript. MF, YX, and JS contributed substantially to the manuscript and revisions. CFM 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 might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Funded by Office of Naval Research grant N00014-91-J-1540, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant P20-HS11-562, and National Science Foundation grant ITR-0081860. Opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the sponsors.Reprints not available from the authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.06.487

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 50, Issue 4 , Pages 436-442.e1 , October 2007

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