Clinical ResearchHeart Rhythm DisordersSurvival After Application of Automatic External Defibrillators Before Arrival of the Emergency Medical System: Evaluation in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Population of 21 Million
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The Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) is supported by a series of cooperative agreements to 10 regional clinical centers and 1 data coordinating center (5U01 HL077863, HL077881, HL077871HL077872, HL077866, HL077908, HL077867, HL077885, HL077887, HL077873, and HL077865) from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutein partnership with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; the U.S. Army Medical Research & Material Command; The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)–Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health; Defence Research and Development Canada; the American Heart Association; and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Some ROC site emergency medical systems have received equipment or concessions from automatic external defibrillator manufacturers. The ROC coordinating center accepts support for receptions from corporations. Dr. Weisfeldt receives salary support from NIH via the ROC. Dr. Ornato is an unpaid Science Advisory Board member of Zoll. Dr. Rea received research support from Medtronic, Inc., and Philips, Inc.Dr. Aufderheide is a consultant for Medtronics, Inc., and JoLife, Inc. Dr. Nichol is a co-principal investigator of the ROC Data Coordinating Center (NHLBI); principal investigator of the randomized trial of hemofiltration after resuscitation from cardiac arrest (NHLBI); co-investigator of the randomized field trial of cold saline IV after resuscitation after cardiac arrest (NHLBI); principal investigator of the randomized trial of CPR training aid in community (Asmund S. Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine); has received travel expenses from Innercool Therapies Inc., Radiant Medical Inc., and the American Heart Association; and is a consultant for Triage Wireless.