From the Cook County Trauma Unit (D.J.V., R.J.W., A.J.D., F.S., K.K.N., F.B., D.E.W., K.T.J., R.R.R.), Division of Cardiology (B.M.), John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; and Departments of General Surgery (D.J.V., R.J.W., A.J.D., K.K.N., F.B., D.E.W., K.T.J., R.R.R.), and Cardiology (B.M.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Submitted for publication December 27, 2008.
Accepted for publication August 26, 2008.
Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, January 15-19, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida.
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This study was supported by Trauma Department Research Fund (internally funded) and was funded solely by departmental research funds derived from the Cook County Trauma Unit. No financial interests in this or any other stun device manufacturer.
Address for reprints: Robert J. Walter, PhD, Department of Trauma, Rm 1300, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, 1900 West Polk St., Chicago, IL 60612; email: [email protected].