Interruptions in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation From Paramedic Endotracheal Intubation

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 Dr. Wang is now affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

 Supervising editor: Daniel W. Spaite, MD

 Author contributions: HEW and CWC conceived the study. HEW, SJS, and CWC designed the study. SJS and MDW abstracted the data. HEW, SJS, and MDW analyzed the data. HEW drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. HEW had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. HEW 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. This study was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant U01-HL077871. Dr. Wang received support from Clinical Scientist Development Award K08-HS013628 from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. The funders had no direct role in the design or execution of the study or the composition of the resulting article.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.05.024

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