Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 248-255 , August 2009

Effect of Transport Interval on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survival in the OPALS Study: Implications for Triaging Patients to Specialized Cardiac Arrest Centers

Presented at the 38th annual scientific meeting of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, May 2008, Washington, DC.

  • Daniel W. Spaite, MD

      Affiliations

    • Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Daniel W. Spaite, MD, Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Arizona, 1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ 85724; 520-626-8819, Fax 520-626-2480
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  • Ian G. Stiell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Bentley J. Bobrow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ
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  • Melanie de Boer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Justin Maloney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ottawa Base Hospital Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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  • Kurt Denninghoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Arizona Emergency Medicine Research Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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  • Tyler F. Vadeboncoeur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL
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  • Jonathan Dreyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • George A. Wells, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Received 5 July 2008 ,Revised 13 November 2008 ,Accepted 26 November 2008.

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 Supervising editor: Donald M. Yealy, MD.

 Author contributions: DWS, IGS, JM, JD, and GAW conceived the OPALS study, designed the original trial, obtained research funding, and supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection. All authors made substantial contributions to the conception and design of this secondary analysis and analyzed the meaning, conclusions, and limitations of the results. MDB and GAW provided statistical advice, and MDB analyzed the data and served as the statistical consultant. DWS drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. DWS 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 Ontario Ministry of Health and Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

 Publication date: Available online January 23, 2009.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)02060-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.11.020

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 248-255 , August 2009

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