Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 18, Issue 1 (2014)

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Prehospital Emergency Care, Volume 18, Issue 1 (2014)

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Original Contributions

Article
Effect of Prehospital Cardiac Catheterization Lab Activation on Door-to-Balloon Time, Mortality, and False-Positive Activation
Benjamin T. Squire MPH, Joshua H. Tamayo-Sarver PhD, Paula Rashi RN, William Koenig MD & James T. Niemann MD
Pages: 1-8
Published online: 13 Dec 2013
AbstractforEffect of Prehospital Cardiac Catheterization Lab Activation on Door-to-Balloon Time, Mortality, and False-Positive Activation | Full Text | References | PDF (154.3 KB) | Supplemental
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Research Article

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A Prospective Evaluation of the Utility of the Prehospital 12-lead Electrocardiogram to Change Patient Management in the Emergency Department
Matthew Davis MD, MSc, Michael Lewell MD, Shelley McLeod MSc & Adam Dukelow MD
Pages: 9-14
Published online: 12 Sep 2013
AbstractforA Prospective Evaluation of the Utility of the Prehospital 12-lead Electrocardiogram to Change Patient Management in the Emergency Department | Full Text | References | PDF (106.7 KB)
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An Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services Stroke Protocols and Scene Times
Mehul D. Patel MSPH, Jane H. Brice MD MPH, Chailee Moss BA, Chirayath M. Suchindran PhD, Kelly R. Evenson PhD, Kathryn M. Rose PhD & Wayne D. Rosamond PhD
Pages: 15-21
Published online: 12 Sep 2013
AbstractforAn Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services Stroke Protocols and Scene Times | Full Text | References | PDF (183 KB)
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Treatment of Cardiac Arrest with Rapid Defibrillation by Police in King County, Washington
Linda Becker MA, Sofia Husain MPH, Peter Kudenchuk MD, Ann Doll BA, Tom Rea MD, MPH & Mickey Eisenberg MD, PhD
Pages: 22-27
Published online: 12 Sep 2013
AbstractforTreatment of Cardiac Arrest with Rapid Defibrillation by Police in King County, Washington | Full Text | References | PDF (138 KB)
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Which Emergency Medical Dispatch Codes Predict High Prehospital Nontransport Rates in an Urban Community?
Evan M. Hodell BS, EMT, Karl A. Sporer MD, FACEP, FACP & John F. Brown MD, MPA, FACP
Pages: 28-34
Published online: 12 Sep 2013
AbstractforWhich Emergency Medical Dispatch Codes Predict High Prehospital Nontransport Rates in an Urban Community? | Full Text | References | PDF (280 KB)
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Measuring Adverse Events in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services: Establishing Content Validity
P. Daniel Patterson PhD, NREMT-P, Judith R. Lave PhD, Christian Martin-Gill MD, Matthew D. Weaver MPH, EMT-P, Richard J. Wadas MD, Robert M. Arnold MD, Ronald N. Roth MD, Vincent N. Mosesso MD, Francis X. Guyette MD, Jon C. Rittenberger MD & Donald M. Yealy MD
Pages: 35-45
Published online: 04 Sep 2013
AbstractforMeasuring Adverse Events in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services: Establishing Content Validity | Full Text | References | PDF (458.8 KB) | Supplemental
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Pediatric Anaphylaxis Management in the Prehospital Setting
Gunjan Kamdar Tiyyagura MD, Linda Arnold MD, David C. Cone MD & Melissa Langhan MD
Pages: 46-51
Published online: 12 Sep 2013
AbstractforPediatric Anaphylaxis Management in the Prehospital Setting | Full Text | References | PDF (63.5 KB)
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Characteristics of the Pediatric Patients Treated by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network's Affiliated EMS Agencies
E. Brooke Lerner PhD, Peter S. Dayan MD, MSC, Kathleen Brown MD, Susan Fuchs MD, Julie Leonard MD, MPH, Dominic Borgialli DO, MPH, Lynn Babcock MD, John D. Hoyle Jr. MD, Maria Kwok MD, MPH, Kathleen Lillis MD, Lise E. Nigrovic MD, MPH, Prashant Mahajan MD, MPH, MBA, Alexander Rogers MD, Hamilton Schwartz MD, Joyce Soprano MD, Nicholas Tsarouhas MD, Samuel Turnipseed MD, Tomohiko Funai MS, George Foltin MD & for the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)
Pages: 52-59
Published online: 17 Oct 2013
AbstractforCharacteristics of the Pediatric Patients Treated by the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network's Affiliated EMS Agencies | Full Text | References | PDF (74 KB)
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Focus on Trauma

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Do Prolonged Primary Transport Times for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Result in Deteriorating Physiology? A Cohort Study
Gordon Fuller MPH, Maralyn Woodford MSc, Thomas Lawrence BSc, Timothy Coats PhD & Fiona Lecky PhD
Pages: 60-67
Published online: 10 Oct 2013
AbstractforDo Prolonged Primary Transport Times for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Result in Deteriorating Physiology? A Cohort Study | Full Text | References | PDF (289 KB) | Supplemental
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Research Article

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A Comparison of the Prehospital Motor Component of the Glasgow Coma Scale (mGCS) to the Prehospital Total GCS (tGCS) as a Prehospital Risk Adjustment Measure for Trauma Patients
Daniel L. Beskind MD, MPH, FACEP, Uwe Stolz PhD, Austin Gross MD, Ryan Earp MD, Justin Mitchelson MD, Dan Judkins RN, Paul Bowlby RN & Jose M. Guillen-Rodriguez MS
Pages: 68-75
Published online: 13 Dec 2013
AbstractforA Comparison of the Prehospital Motor Component of the Glasgow Coma Scale (mGCS) to the Prehospital Total GCS (tGCS) as a Prehospital Risk Adjustment Measure for Trauma Patients | Full Text | References | PDF (425.4 KB)
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Focus on Innovation in EMS

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The State of Innovative Emergency Medical Service Programs in the United States
Kristy Gonzalez Morganti PhD, MPH, Abby Alpert PhD, Gregg Margolis PhD, NREMT-P, Jeffrey Wasserman PhD, MS & Arthur L. Kellermann MD, MPH
Pages: 76-85
Published online: 10 Oct 2013
AbstractforThe State of Innovative Emergency Medical Service Programs in the United States | Full Text | References | PDF (90.2 KB)
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Research Article

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Insights into the Implementation and Operation of a Novel Paramedic Long-term Care Program
Jan L. Jensen ACP, MAHSR, Andrew H. Travers MD, MSc, FRCPC, Emily G. Marshall PhD, Ed Cain, MD, FRCPC, Stephen Leadlay ACP, MEd (c) & Alix J. E. Carter MD, MPH, FRCPC
Pages: 86-91
Published online: 11 Oct 2013
AbstractforInsights into the Implementation and Operation of a Novel Paramedic Long-term Care Program | Full Text | References | PDF (63.8 KB) | Supplemental
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Joint Policy Statement

Article
Equipment for Ground Ambulances
American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Emergency Medical Services for Children, Emergency Nurses Association, National Association of EMS Physicians & National Association of State EMS Officials
Pages: 92-97
Published online: 29 Oct 2013
First Page PreviewforEquipment for Ground Ambulances | Full Text | References | PDF (56.5 KB)
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Education and Practice

Article
Development of an EMS Curriculum
Jane H. Brice MD, MPH, Debra G. Perina MD, J. Marc Liu MD, MPH, Darren A. Braude MD, MPH, Kathy J. Rinnert MD, MPH & Russell D. MacDonald MD, MPH
Pages: 98-105
Published online: 24 Oct 2013
AbstractforDevelopment of an EMS Curriculum | Full Text | References | PDF (75.6 KB) | Supplemental
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Research Article

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Supraglottic Airways: The History and Current State of Prehospital Airway Adjuncts
Daniel G. Ostermayer MD & Marianne Gausche-Hill MD
Pages: 106-115
Published online: 12 Sep 2013
AbstractforSupraglottic Airways: The History and Current State of Prehospital Airway Adjuncts | Full Text | References | PDF (282.3 KB)
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Simulation-based Assessment of Paramedics and Performance in Real Clinical Contexts
Walter Tavares ACP, BSc, Vicki R. LeBlanc PhD, Justin Mausz ACP, Victor Sun ACP, BSc & Kevin W Eva PhD
Pages: 116-122
Published online: 20 Aug 2013
AbstractforSimulation-based Assessment of Paramedics and Performance in Real Clinical Contexts | Full Text | References | PDF (68.4 KB)
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NAEMSP Abstracts

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Abstracts for the 2014 NAEMSP Scientific Assembly
Pages: 123-162
Published online: 13 Dec 2013
First Page PreviewforAbstracts for the 2014 NAEMSP Scientific Assembly | Full Text | PDF (542.5 KB)
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